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Definition of Involute

1. Adjective. Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward.

2. Adjective. (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.

Definition of Involute

1. a. Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation.

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

Definition of Involute

1. Adjective. (formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward. ¹

3. Adjective. (biology of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils. ¹

4. Verb. To roll or curl inwards. ¹

5. Noun. (geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Involute

1. to roll or curl up [v -LUTED, -LUTING, -LUTES]

Medical Definition of Involute

1. Rolled inwards, of a leaf, with the margins rolled towards the adaxial surface. (28 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Involute

involucre involucred involucres involucret involucrets involucrin involucrum involuntarily involuntariness involuntary

involuntary guarding involuntary muscle involuntary muscles involuntary nervous system involuntary trust involute (current term) involuted involutes involuting involution cyst

involution form involution of the uterus involutional involutional depression involutional melancholia involutional psychosis involutions involutory involve

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