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English Dictionary: involute	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for involute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
involute adj especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward Synonym(s): involute, rolled (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Involute \In"volute\, Involuted \In"volu`ted\, a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See {Involve}.] 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [91]stivation. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also {evolvent}. See {Evolute}.