INVOLUTE


Meaning of INVOLUTE in English

— involutely , adv.

adj. , n. /in"veuh looht'/ ; v. /in'veuh looht", in"veuh looht'/ , adj., n., v., involuted, involuting .

adj.

1. intricate; complex.

2. curled or curved inward or spirally.

3. Bot. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf.

4. Zool. (of shells) having the whorls closely wound.

n.

5. Geom. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.

v.i.

6. to roll or curl up; become involute.

7. to return to a normal shape, size, or state.

[ 1655-65; involutus (ptp. of involvere to roll up, wrap, cover), equiv. to in- IN- 2 + volu- (var. s. of volvere to roll) + -tus ptp. suffix; cf. INVOLVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .