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Definitions for Volution
[1] a spiral or twisted formation or object.
[2] Architecture . a spiral ornament, found especially in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
[3] Carpentry . a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair.
[4] Zoology . a turn or whorl of a spiral shell. any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Volutidae, many species of which have shells prized for their coloration.
[5] the spiral casing surrounding the impeller of a volute pump.
[6] having a volute or rolled-up form.
[7] Machinery . spirally shaped or having a part so shaped. moving in a circular way, especially if combined with a lateral motion.
[8] a rolling, revolving, or spiral form or motion
[9] a whorl of a spiral gastropod shell
[10] a spiral or twisting turn, form, or object; spiral; whorl
[11] Also called: helix a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll
[12] any of the whorls of the spirally coiled shell of a snail or similar gastropod mollusc
[13] any tropical marine gastropod mollusc of the family Volutidae, typically having a spiral shell with beautiful markings
[14] a tangential part, resembling the volute of a snail's shell, that collects the fluids emerging from the periphery of a turbine, impeller pump, etc
[15] having the form of a volute; spiral
[16] machinery moving in a spiral path
Words related to Volution
voluterotation, involution, wheeling, titubation
Words nearby Volution
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Origin of Volution
e1690–1700; (< F) < Latin volūta, feminine of volūtus, past participle of volvere to turn. See revolve
Other words from Volution
vo·lut·ed , adjective
vo·lu·tion , noun
in·ter·vo·lute , adjective
Word origin for Volution
eC17: from Latin volūta a spiral decoration, from volūtus rolled, from volvere to roll up