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Definition of Evolvent
1. n. The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.
Definition of Evolvent
1. Noun. (geometry) The involute of a curve. ¹
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Definition of Evolvent
1. evolving [adj]
Medical Definition of Evolvent
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Evolvent
Literary usage of Evolvent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics for the Millwright, Machinist, Engineer, Civil Engineer, Architect by Frederick Overman (1864)
"THE evolvent Is a line which is formed by developing the circumference of a
circle, as if we wind a thin, stiff thread upon a circle, and in unwinding it, ..."
2. Lessons in Horology by Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann (1905)
"In extension of that which we have said about evolvent of circle gearings (219),
one can further establish, in a very simple manner, the kind of generation ..."
3. The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu by Mādhava, Edward Byles Cowell, Archibald Edward Gouch (1908)
"Of these the first is that which is only evolvent, called the root- evolvent or
the primary; it is not itself the evolute of anything else. ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"If this motion of the screen could be effected, each of its points would describe
in space an evolvent circle ; if, therefore, ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1859)
"If this motion of the screen could be effected, each of its points would describe
in space an evolvent circle; if, therefore, ..."
6. Hindu Philosophy Popularly Explained: The Orthodox Systems by Ram Chandra Bose (1884)
"... grouped them under the heads evolvent only, evolutes and ... and non-evolvent
and non- evolute, thus raises the discussion alluded to : " Here a ..."
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