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Volute
Volute meaning
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.
Example sentences (1)
Volute rotor matched Tesla-type machines of reasonable size with common fluids (steam, gas, and water) would also be expected to show efficiencies in the vicinity of 60–70% and possibly higher.