Involuted vs Convoluted - What's the difference?
involuted | convoluted |
(involute)
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.
(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
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(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils.
(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
(biology) Rolled inward spirally.
To roll or curl inwards.
(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.
Having numerous overlapping coils or folds.
Complex, intricate or complicated.
As a verb involuted
is past tense of involute.As an adjective convoluted is
having numerous overlapping coils or folds.involuted
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Verb
(head)involute
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Adjective
(wikipedia involute) (en adjective)- Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute
Verb
(involut)Noun
(en noun)See also
* involution * convolute * revolute ----convoluted
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.
