Involute

[invәlu:t]

Definition

(adj.) (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured .

(adj.) especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward .

Checker: Mario--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Involuted

(n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.

Typed by Connie

Definition

n. that which is involved or rolled inward: a curve traced by the end of a string unwinding itself from another curve.—adjs. In′volute -d (bot.) rolled spirally inward: turned inward of shells.—n. Involū′tion the action of involving: state of being involved or entangled: complicated grammatical construction: (arith.) act or process of raising a quantity to any given power.

Typist: Montague