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(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
1856, Edward Shaw, The Modern Architect, Or, Every Carpenter His Own Master:
This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]
2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast, page 16:
Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
(engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
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