Found 2 items, similar to Involute.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: involute 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Involute 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] 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]