| 单词 | involute |
| 释义 | Word Frequency involuteadjective (ˈɪnvəˌluːt) also: involuted (ˌɪnvəˈluːtɪd) 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 the curve described by the free end of a thread as it is wound around another curve, the evolute, such that its normals are tangential to the evolute See also evolute verb (ˌɪnvəˈluːt) 5. (intransitive) to become involute Derived forms involutely (ˈinvoˌlutely) adverb involutedly (ˌinvoˈlutedly) adverb Word origin C17: from Latin involūtus, from involvere; see involve |
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