— 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 ]