Volute - Definition
volute
adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate]
n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
spiral, volute]
2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral,
volute, whorl, helix]