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单词 involute
释义 involute
 —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; < L 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]
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