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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L.
     involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
     1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in
        vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation.
        --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of
            the Cyprea.
        (b) Rolled inward spirally.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.)
     A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another
     curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See
     Evolute.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L.
     involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
     1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in
        vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation.
        --Gray.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of
            the Cyprea.
        (b) Rolled inward spirally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.)
     A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another
     curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See
     Evolute.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  involute
       adj 1: especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled
              inward [syn: rolled]
       2: (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  involute
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it involuto)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la involūtus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  involute
     a.
     (lb en formal) difficult to understand; complicated.
     n.
     (lb en geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at
  right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved
  object. Category:en:Curves
     vb.
     To roll or curl inwards.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  involute
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it involuto)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la involūtus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  involute
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it involuto)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la involūtus  voc m s)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Involute /ɪnvˈɒluːt/
  مطوي

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  involute /ɪnvˈɒluːt/ 
  spletitý