Involute vs Evolute - What's the difference?
involute | evolute |
(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.
As nouns the difference between involute and evolute
is that involute is 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 while evolute is a curve comprising the centers of curvature of another curve.As an adjective involute
is difficult to understand; complicated.As a verb involute
is to roll or curl inwards.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
