ślimacznica — meaning in English

English meaning

• spiral noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
• volute noun The spiral shape found on top of an Ionic column, also copied in many other building styles.

Senses

ślimacznica is used for these senses in English:

• spiral (informal) A helix.
• volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

spiral — full definition

1. noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
2. noun A process that keeps building on itself, making it hard to stop.
3. verb To move in a spiral path, or to steadily worsen or increase.

volute — full definition

1. noun The spiral shape found on top of an Ionic column, also copied in many other building styles.
2. noun The coiled ridges that form the shell of a snail-like creature.
3. noun Any sea-dwelling gastropod belonging to the family Volutidae.
4. noun The spiral-shaped outer housing of a centrifugal pump.

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