evˈolute noun (mathematics)

An original curve from which another curve (the involute) is described by the end of a thread gradually unwound from the former

Rolled back

To develop by evolution

evoluˈtional adjective

evoluˈtionally adverb

evoluˈtionarily adverb

evoluˈtionary adjective

Of or relating to evolution

evoluˈtionism noun

The doctrine of evolution

evoluˈtionist noun

1. A person who believes in evolution as a principle in science
2. A person skilled in evolutions or military movements

Of or relating to evolutionists

evolutionisˈtic adjective

evˈolutive adjective

evolutionarily stable strategy noun (biology)

A strategy that, if most members of a population adopt it, would give a reproductive fitness higher than any mutant strategy (abbrev ESS)