závitnice — meaning in English
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English meaning
- volute noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
Senses
závitnice is used for these senses in English:
- volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
volute — full definition
- noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- noun The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- noun Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- noun The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.