English-German translations for volute

Definition of volute

• 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
• The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes
• A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes
• Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail

Related words

• convoluted
• convolute
• involute
• revolute
• evolute
• deconvolute
• involuted
• circumvolute
• obvolute