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- Dictionaryinvolute/ˈɪnvəl(j)uːt/
adjective
- 1. involved or intricate: formal "the art novel has grown increasingly involute"
- 2. curled spirally. technical
noun
- 1. the locus of a point considered as the end of a taut string being unwound from a given curve in the plane of that curve.
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Involute or evolvent is the locus of the free end of this string. The evolute of an involute of a curve is referred to that original curve. In other words, the locus of the center of curvature of a curve is called evolute and the traced curve itself is known as the involute of its evolute.
a. : curled spirally. b (1) : curled or curved inward. (2) : having the edges rolled over the upper surface toward the midrib. an involute leaf. c. : having the form of an involute. a gear with involute teeth. 2. : involved, intricate. involute. 2 of 3. noun. : a curve traced by a point on a thread kept taut as it is unwound from another curve.
In mathematics, an involute (also known as an evolvent) is a particular type of curve that is dependent on another shape or curve. An involute of a curve is the locus of a point on a piece of taut string as the string is either unwrapped from or wrapped around the curve.
verb (used without object) , in·vo·lut·ed, in·vo·lut·ing. to roll or curl up; become involute. to return to a normal shape, size, or state. involute. adjective. complex, intricate, or involved. botany (esp of petals, leaves, etc, in bud) having margins that are rolled inwards. (of certain shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.
IPA guide. Definitions of involute. adjective. especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward. synonyms: rolled. coiled. curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) adjective. (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.
1. complex, intricate, or involved. 2. botany. (esp of petals, leaves, etc, in bud) having margins that are rolled inwards. 3. (of certain shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured. noun (ˈɪnvəˌluːt ) 4. geometry.
in•vo•lute. (adj., n. ˈɪn vəˌlut; v. ˌɪn vəˈlut) adj., n., v. -lut•ed, -lut•ing. adj. 1. intricate; complex. 2. curled or curved inward or spirally: a gear with involute teeth. 3. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf. 4. (of shells) having the whorls closely wound.
involute, of a curve C, a curve that intersects all the tangents of the curve C at right angles. To construct an involute of a curve C, use may be made of the so-called string property. Let one end of a piece of string of fixed length be attached to a point P on the curve C and let the string be wrapped along C.
Wikipedia. If the center pole has a circular cross-section, then the curve is an involute of a circle. From. Wikipedia. Its shell is involute, smooth and rather compressed, with the outer whorl strongly embracing the inner whorls.
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. Wiktionary. Synonyms: rolled. involved. intricate. elaborate. daedalian. tangled. labyrinthine.
