Sentence examples for volute from inspiring English sources
'volute' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it as a noun to refer to a spiral-shaped object, such as the scroll-like decoration at the top of a column. For example, "The building was ornately decorated with volutes."
adjective
Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
A radial flow pump is commonly referred to as a straight centrifugal pump; the most common type is the volute pump, illustrated in Figure 4. Fluid enters the pump near the axis of an impeller rotating at high speed.
Volute centrifugal pumps can pump liquids containing solid particles, but, when pumping liquids containing more than a small amount of vapour, their suction is broken by cavitation.
Prized by collectors is the imperial volute (Aulica imperialis) of the Philippines; it is 25 cm (10 inches) long, with a spine-tipped body whorl finely checked with brown, and an outer lip that is wide and golden-lined.
Volute centrifugal pumps are robust and relatively inexpensive, quiet, and dependable, and their performance is relatively unaffected by corrosion and erosion.
Volute centrifugal pumps operate best when pumping relatively nonviscous liquids, and their capacity is greatly reduced when used to pump viscous liquids.
Volute, any marine snail of the family Volutidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda).
In mixed flow pumps, fluid is discharged both radially and axially into a volute-type casing.
Volutes are most common in warm, shallow waters but occur also in polar seas.
It is called Composite because its capital is composed of Ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus-leaf decoration.
They are decorated, generally on the upper half only, with a rich variety of geometric designs, whorls, volutes, and sawtooth patterns executed in black and red pigment with sweeping, rhythmic brushwork that foreshadows the free brush painting of historical periods.
Torque, in jewelry, metal collar, neck ring, or armband consisting of a bar or ribbon of twisted metal curved into a loop, the ends of which are fashioned into knobs ornamented with motifs such as volutes or depicting animal heads, or drawn out and bent abruptly so as to hook into one another.
