involüt

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involute
Difficult to understand; complicated
Having a complex pattern of coils
Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward

Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute.

(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
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
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
a (L involutus, rolled up) leaves having the edges rolled inwards at each side, toward the adaxial side
If C is a curve and C' is its evolute, then C is called an involute of C' Any parallel curve to C is also an involute of C' Hence a curve has a unique evolute but infinitely many involutes Alternatively an involute can be thought of as any curve orthogonal to all the tangents to a given curve
Rolled inward from the edges; said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation
having the edges rolled inwards
Rolled inward spirally
To roll or curl inwards
(n) A curve defined as the spiral trace of a point on a flexible line unwinding from around a line, circle, or polygon The contacting surfaces between gear teeth are designed as involutes
A spiral curve generated by a point on a chord as it unwinds a circle or a polygon
Rolled inward from the edges, toward the upper surface
{s} involved, complex; having a spiral shape; curled inward from the edges (Botany)
difficult to understand, or complicated
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