Involute
[adjective, noun in-vuh-loot; verb in-vuh-loot, in-vuh-loot] /adjective, noun ˈɪn vəˌlut; verb ˌɪn vəˈlut, ˈɪn vəˌlut/
adjective
1.
intricate; complex.
2.
curled or curved inward or spirally.
3.
Botany. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf.
4.
Zoology. (of shells) having the whorls closely wound.
noun
5.
Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
verb (used without object), involuted, involuting.
6.
to roll or curl up; become involute.
7.
to return to a normal shape, size, or state.
adjective (ˈɪnvəˌluːt)
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
adj.
early 15c., from Latin involutus “rolled up, intricate, obscure,” past participle of involvere (see involve).
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