Definitions | involute |
| noun
- (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.
adjective
- difficult to understand, or complicated
- (context, botany, of a leaf or petal) having the edges rolled inwards
- (context, biology, of some shells) having a complex pattern of coils
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