Volute — meaning in English

English meaning

• scroll noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
• volute noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

Senses

Volute is used for these senses in English:

• scroll (architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
• volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

scroll — full definition

1. noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
2. verb To move text or images on a screen up, down, or sideways to view more content.
3. verb (informal) To browse social media aimlessly for long stretches of time.

volute — full definition

1. noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. noun The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. noun Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
4. noun The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

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