Volute

(n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.

(n.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.

(n.) Any voluta.

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• Instead of a wax cylinder this machine employs a flat disc on which the record is formed as a volute spiral groove, gradually drawing toward the center. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It consisted of a disk of paper, the indentations being formed in a volute spiral, exactly as in the disk phonograph to-day. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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