Volute
11volute — index sinuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12volute — Volute, ou Limace, en Architecture, Voluta …
13volute — VOLUTE. s. f. Terme d architecture. Certain ornement du chapiteau de la colomne Ionique fait en forme de coquille de limaçon …
14volute — [və lo͞ot′] n. [L voluta, orig., fem. of volutus, pp. of volvere, to roll: see WALK] 1. a spiral or twisting form; turn; whorl 2. Archit. a spiral scroll forming one of the chief features of Ionic and Corinthian capitals 3. Zool. a) any of the… …
15volute — (vo lu t ) s. f. 1° Terme d architecture. Ornement en forme de spirale d un chapiteau de colonne ionique, corinthienne ou composite. 2° Se dit de toute espèce d enroulement semblable à ceux de la volute du chapiteau ionique. • Les palmes s… …
16Volute — A volute is a spiral scroll like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order and Composite column capitals. Four are normally to be found on an Ionic… …
17volute — voluted, adj. volution, n. /veuh looht /, n. 1. a spiral or twisted formation or object. 2. Archit. a spiral ornament, found esp. in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. 3. Carpentry. a horizontal scrolled termination to… …
18Volute — Vo|lu|te 〈[ vo ] f. 19〉 Bauornament in Form einer Spirale; Sy Konvolute [zu lat. volutare „herumwälzen, rollen lassen, verbreitern“; zu volvere „wälzen, im Wirbel drehen, rollen“] * * * Vo|lu|te, die; , n [lat. voluta, zu: volutum, 2. Part. von:… …
19volute — noun Etymology: Latin voluta, from feminine of volutus, past participle of volvere to roll more at voluble Date: circa 1696 1. a spiral or scroll shaped form 2. a spiral scroll shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital 3. a.… …
20VOLUTE — s. f. T. d Archit. Certain ornement du chapiteau de la colonne ionique et de la colonne composite, fait en forme de spirale. VOLUTE, se dit, en Histoire naturelle, Des coquilles univalves tournées en cône pyramidal …