volute
Pronunciation:
/vəˈluːt/noun
Definitions
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
adjective
Definitions
Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.