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Volution is a spiral turn, or a rolling or revolving motion.

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A coil is an example of a volution.

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See volution in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a revolving or rolling
a spiral turn or twist; coil; convolution
a whorl of a spiral shell or structure

Origin: < L volutus: see volute

See volution in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A turn or twist about a center; a spiral.
Zoology One of the whorls of a spiral gastropod shell.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin volūtus

Origin: , past participle of volvere, to turn; see volute

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