volute

IPA(Pronunciation)

/vəˈluːt/

Noun

(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. / (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.

Japanese Meaning

(建築) イオニック式の柱頭に見られる、特徴的な螺旋状の曲線（ネオクラシカル建築などで広く模倣される） / (動物学) 軟体動物（特に巻貝）の殻にみられる螺旋状の部分

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The museum's restored Ionic column drew the most attention for the exquisitely carved volute that caught the light.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

修復された博物館のイオニア式柱は、光を受けて輝く柱頭の精巧に彫られた渦巻状の飾りに最も注目が集まった。

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Sense（1）

(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

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 […]

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(zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.

Sense（3）

(zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.

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.

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Sense（4）

(engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

Sense（5）

(art) A spiral or scroll form.

Sense（6）

(music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.

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