Lexic.us

Definition of Convolute

1. Adjective. Rolled longitudinally upon itself. "A convolute petal"

2. Verb. Curl, wind, or twist together.

3. Verb. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. "Don't twist my words"

Definition of Convolute

1. a. Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.

Definition of Convolute

1. Verb. (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany of a leaf) coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Convolute

1. [v -LUTED, -LUTING, -LUTES]

Medical Definition of Convolute

1. Said of parts rolled or twisted together when in an undeveloped stage, as in some corollas in the bud stage. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convolute

convivially conviving convivium convo convocation convocational convocationist convocationists convocations convoke

convoked convoker convokers convokes convoking convolute (current term) convoluted convoluted bone convoluted gland convoluted part of kidney lobule

convoluted tubule of kidney convolutes convoluting convolution convolution of Broca convolutional convolutionless convolutions convolutive

Literary usage of Convolute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Descriptive Geometry by William Griswold Smith (1912)
"Draw the convolute in Ex. 642. Draw the traces of the tangent plane through ... convolute in Ex. 642. Find its intersection with the plane S(1 + l) 4(l-3). ..."

2. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"To draw elements of the surface of the helical convolute. CONSTRUCTION. Fig. 167. Let the diameter, ahlh, and the pitch, a'c', of the required helical ..."

3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... usually the lowest and sometimes the lower two fascicles Varies with the loaves flat except near the apex, or all strictly convolute ; very pale green. ..."

4. The Theory of Engineering Drawing by Alphonse Andrew Adler (1915)
"convolute surface. A convolute surface is a surface generated by a line which moves so as to be continually tangent * to a line of double curvature. ..."

5. First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology: To which is Added a by Asa Gray (1857)
"223, exhibit a gradation between the imbricated and the convolute modes. When the parts are four in number, generally two opposite ones overlap the other ..."

6. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"... convolute. OBS. The number of the stamens is very variable, seven is perhaps the most frequent ; five and six are common, but ten, the complete number, ..."

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