volute : Idioms & Phrases


Eye of a volute

  • (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute.
Webster 1913

Volute spiring

  • a spring formed of a spiral scroll of plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its elastic force is exerted and employed.
Webster 1913

volute spring

  • noun a spring in the shape of a coil
    coil spring.
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