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Noun Concept
Categories: Ornaments (architecture), Columns and entablature, Ancient Roman architectural elements
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spiral  volute  Greek Ionic volute  volutes
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Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center WordNet 3.0
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Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column. Wikipedia
Spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. OmegaWiki
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. Wiktionary
Spiral on Ionic capital. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
decoration
architectural element
PART OF
column
DERIVATION
coiling
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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spiral, volute
Wikipedia
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volute
Wikidata
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volute
Wiktionary
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volute
OmegaWiki
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spiral
Wikipedia Redirections
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Greek Ionic volute, volutes

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