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Involute [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A curve traced by the end of a string folded upon a figure, or unwound from it.

Involute [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Involute [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Involuted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, rolled spirally inwards. involuted foliation or venation, is when the leaves within the bud have their edges rolled spirally inwards on both sides towards the upper surface.

Involuted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation.

2. Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.

3. Rolled inward spirally.