Associations to the word «Volute»
Wiktionary
VOLUTE, noun. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
VOLUTE, noun. (zoology) The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
VOLUTE, noun. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
Dictionary definition
VOLUTE, noun. Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.
VOLUTE, noun. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope".
VOLUTE, adjective. In the shape of a coil.
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.