Ĭn'vo-lūte1, n.
[See infra.] (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it;—called also evolvent. See EVOLUTE.
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Involute
Ĭn'vo-lūte or Ĭn'vo-lū'ted2, a.
[Lat. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See INVOLVE.]
Sense 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges;—said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in estivation. Gray.
Sense 2. (Conch.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. Humble.