Complete Definition of "involute"

English

Adjective
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en-adj

  1. difficult to understand, or complicated
  2. context|botany|of a leaf or petal having the edges rolled inwards
  3. context|biology|of some shells having a complex pattern of coils

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb|involutes|involuting|involuted

  1. To roll or curl inwards.

Noun
en-noun

  1. mathematics A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.

See also
convolute

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