INVOLUTE


Meaning of INVOLUTE in English

adj.

Function: noun

Date: circa 1796

: a curve traced by a point on a thread kept taut as it is unwound from another curve < involute of a circle>

involute a, p, p, p, p traced by any point p of the thread t unwinding from curve c

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