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Involute

see synonyms of involute

Adjective

1. involute, rolled

especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward

2. involute

(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Involute

see synonyms of involute
adjective (ˈɪnvəˌluːt ) also: involuted (ˌɪnvəˈluːtɪd)
1. 
complex, intricate, or involved
2. botany
(esp of petals, leaves, etc, in bud) having margins that are rolled inwards
3. 
(of certain shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
noun (ˈɪnvəˌluːt )
4. geometry
the curve described by the free end of a thread as it is wound around another curve, the evolute, such that its normals are tangential to the evolute
See also evolute
verb (ˌɪnvəˈluːt )
5. (intransitive)
to become involute

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Involute

see synonyms of involute
adjective
1. 
intricate; involved
2. 
rolled up or curled in a spiral; having whorls wound closely around the axis
involute shells
3.  Botany
rolled inward at the edges
involute leaves
noun
4.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
the curve traced by any point of a taut string when it is wound upon or unwound from a fixed curve on the same plane with it
b. 
the locus of any fixed point on a moving tangent which rolls, but does not slide on a curve: correlative to evolute
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈinvoˌluted or ˈinvoˌluting
5. 
to become involute or undergo involution

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Involute

see synonyms of involute
adj.
1. Intricate; complex.
2.
a. Botany Having the margins rolled inward.
b. Zoology Having whorls that enclose and obscure earlier whorls. Used of a gastropod shell.
intr.v.in·vo·lut·ed, in·vo·lut·ing, in·vo·lutes
To curl inward.
n.
The curve traced by a point as if it were on a taut string being unwound from another curve.

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