Definition of involute Involute

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We found 13 definitions of involute from 5 different sources.

What does involute mean?

Adjective
involute - especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
		rolled
		coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
involute - (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured

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involute (Noun)
A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angle s; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
involute (Verb)
To roll or curl inwards.
involute (Adjective)
Difficult to understand; complicated.
involute (Adjective)
Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
involute (Adjective)
Having a complex pattern of coils.
involute (Adjective)
Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
involute (Adjective)
Rolled inward spirally.

involute (a.)
Alt. of Involuted
involute (n.)
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.

involute
in′vo-lūt, n. that which is involved or rolled inward: a curve traced by the end of a string unwinding itself from another curve.—adjs. In′volute, -d (bot.), rolled spirally inward: turned inward, of shells.—n. Involū′tion, the action of involving: state of being involved or entangled: complicated grammatical construction: (arith.) act or process of raising a quantity to any given power. [See Involve.]