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volute

curved funnel that increases in area as it approaches the discharge port; casing in a centrifugal pump that receives the fluid being pumped by the impeller, maintaining the velocity of the fluid through to the diffuser
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volute

Summary

volute ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • volute's image is recorded as Centrifugal pump volute Richards 1894.png[2].
  • volute's image is recorded as Plinthed pump, Gloucester Docks - geograph.org.uk - 880296.jpg[3].
  • volute is named after volute[4].
  • volute's Commons category is recorded as Volutes[5].
  • volute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0641_bl[6].
  • volute's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/volute-centrifugal-pump[7].
  • volute's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 91941580[8].
  • volute's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C91941580[9].

Why It Matters

volute ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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