Involute(a.) Alt. of Involuted
Involute(n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
Involuted(a.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation.
Involuted(a.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
Involuted(a.) Rolled inward spirally.
Involution(n.) The act of involving or infolding.
Involution(n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
Involution(n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.
Involution(n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
Involution(n.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
Involution(n.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
Involution(n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
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