noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The spiral shape cut by a laser following the unwinding edge of the stencil resembled an involute. " math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To roll or curl inwards. Examples : "The fern frond began to involute as it dried, curling its edges inward. " structure process biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Difficult to understand; complicated. Examples : "The professor's explanation of quantum physics was so involute that most of the students left feeling even more confused. " language literature philosophy mind abstract Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward. Examples : "The edges of the dry, brown leaf were involute, curling outwards towards its upper surface. " biology plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones. Examples : "The seashell was remarkably involute, with its later spirals nearly engulfing the earlier ones, creating a tightly packed and beautiful form. " biology animal nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea. Examples : "The cowrie shell's involute lip curled so far inward that it almost hid the opening. " biology animal nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Rolled inward spirally. Examples : "The fern frond unfurled slowly, revealing its intricate, involute structure. " structure biology anatomy nature organism math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
