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Volute

noun
1.
Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.  Synonym: spiral.
2.
A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.  Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, whorl.
adjective
1.
In the shape of a coil.  Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, voluted, whorled.



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... the same arrangement in those light structures which we have classed as belonging to the architecture of the tent (Figs. 70 and 72). The origin of the forms employed in stone buildings is most clearly shewn by the frequent occurrence of the volute, a curvilinear element suggested by the use and peculiar ...
— A History of Art in Chaldaea & Assyria, v. 1 • Georges Perrot


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