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Word: involute (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • of shells Having a complex pattern of coils.
  • botany Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
  • formal Difficult to understand; complicated.

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Noun:

  • mathematics 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.

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Verb:

  • To roll or curl inwards.

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