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"3 22 10 21 20 23 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea." ], "id": "en-involute-en-adj-FLV79txJ", "links": [ [ "biology", "biology" ], [ "inward", "inward" ], [ "margin", "margin" ], [ "exterior", "exterior" ], [ "lip", "lip" ], [ "Cypraea", "Cypraea#Translingual" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea." ], "topics": [ "biology", "natural-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Biology", "orig": "en:Biology", "parents": [ "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "2 27 9 13 18 31 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 22 10 21 20 23 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Rolled inward spirally." ], "id": "en-involute-en-adj-n55F8wzN", "links": [ [ "biology", "biology" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(biology) Rolled inward spirally." ], "topics": [ "biology", "natural-sciences" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "involuted" } ], "wikipedia": [ "involute" ], "word": "involute" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "involutus" }, "expansion": "Latin involutus", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin involutus.", "forms": [ { "form": "involutes", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "involuting", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "involuted", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "involuted", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "involute (third-person singular simple present involutes, present participle involuting, simple past and past participle involuted)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "To roll or curl inwards." ], "id": "en-involute-en-verb-cWZoMlnc", "links": [ [ "roll", "roll" ], [ "curl", "curl" ], [ "inwards", "inwards" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "involuted" } ], "word": "involute" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "involutus" }, "expansion": "Latin involutus", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin involutus.", "forms": [ { "form": "involutes", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "involute (plural involutes)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Curves", "orig": "en:Curves", "parents": [ "Shapes", "Geometry", "Mathematics", "Formal sciences", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Geometry", "orig": "en:Geometry", "parents": [ "Mathematics", "Formal sciences", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "2 27 9 13 18 31 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 22 10 21 20 23 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "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." ], "id": "en-involute-en-noun-qL9NuQsJ", "links": [ [ "geometry", "geometry" ], [ "curve", "curve" ], [ "tangent", "tangent" ], [ "right angle", "right angle" ], [ "traced", "traced" ], [ "string", "string" ], [ "unwind", "unwind" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(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." ], "related": [ { "word": "involution" }, { "word": "advolute" }, { "word": "convolute" }, { "word": "evolute" }, { "word": "revolute" } ], "topics": [ "geometry", "mathematics", "sciences" ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "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", "word": "involuutta" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "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", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "développante" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "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", "word": "sultag" } ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "involuted" } ], "word": "involute" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "it", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "involute", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "involuto" } ], "glosses": [ "feminine plural of involuto" ], "id": "en-involute-it-adj-o2fUOeTQ", "links": [ [ "involuto", "involuto#Italian" ] ], "tags": [ "feminine", "form-of", "plural" ] } ], "word": "involute" } { "forms": [ { "form": "involūte", "tags": [ "canonical" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "participle form", "head": "involūte" }, "expansion": "involūte", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Latin", "lang_code": "la", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "involūtus" } ], "glosses": [ "vocative masculine singular of involūtus" ], "id": "en-involute-la-verb-mVdptR4C", "links": [ [ "involūtus", "involutus#Latin" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "masculine", "participle", "singular", "vocative" ] } ], "word": "involute" }
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complicated." ], "links": [ [ "Difficult", "difficult" ], [ "understand", "understand" ], [ "complicated", "complicated" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated." ], "tags": [ "formal" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Botany" ], "glosses": [ "Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward." ], "links": [ [ "botany", "botany" ], [ "edge", "edge" ], [ "adaxial", "adaxial" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward." ], "topics": [ "biology", "botany", "natural-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Biology" ], "glosses": [ "Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones." ], "links": [ [ "biology", "biology" ], [ "complex", "complex" ], [ "coil", "coil" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones." ], "raw_tags": [ "of shells" ], "topics": [ "biology", "natural-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Biology" ], "glosses": [ "Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea." ], "links": [ [ "biology", "biology" ], [ "inward", "inward" ], [ "margin", "margin" ], [ "exterior", "exterior" ], [ "lip", "lip" ], [ "Cypraea", "Cypraea#Translingual" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea." ], "topics": [ "biology", "natural-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Biology" ], "glosses": [ "Rolled inward spirally." ], "links": [ [ "biology", "biology" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(biology) Rolled inward spirally." ], "topics": [ "biology", "natural-sciences" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "involuted" } ], "wikipedia": [ "involute" ], "word": "involute" } { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms borrowed from Latin", "English terms derived from Latin", "English verbs" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "involutus" }, "expansion": "Latin involutus", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin involutus.", "forms": [ { "form": "involutes", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "involuting", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "involuted", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "involuted", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "involute (third-person singular simple present involutes, present participle involuting, simple past and past participle involuted)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "To roll or curl inwards." ], "links": [ [ "roll", "roll" ], [ "curl", "curl" ], [ "inwards", "inwards" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "involuted" } ], "word": "involute" } { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms borrowed from Latin", "English terms derived from Latin", "English verbs" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "involutus" }, "expansion": "Latin involutus", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin involutus.", "forms": [ { "form": "involutes", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "involute (plural involutes)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "involution" }, { "word": "advolute" }, { "word": "convolute" }, { "word": "evolute" }, { "word": "revolute" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "en:Curves", "en:Geometry" ], "glosses": [ "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." ], "links": [ [ "geometry", "geometry" ], [ "curve", "curve" ], [ "tangent", "tangent" ], [ "right angle", "right angle" ], [ "traced", "traced" ], [ "string", "string" ], [ "unwind", "unwind" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(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." ], "topics": [ "geometry", "mathematics", "sciences" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "involuted" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "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", "word": "involuutta" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "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", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "développante" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "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", "word": "sultag" } ], "word": "involute" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "it", "2": "adjective form" }, "expansion": "involute", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Italian adjective forms", "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "Italian non-lemma forms" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "involuto" } ], "glosses": [ "feminine plural of involuto" ], "links": [ [ "involuto", "involuto#Italian" ] ], "tags": [ "feminine", "form-of", "plural" ] } ], "word": "involute" } { "forms": [ { "form": "involūte", "tags": [ "canonical" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "participle form", "head": "involūte" }, "expansion": "involūte", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Latin", "lang_code": "la", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Latin entries with incorrect language header", "Latin non-lemma forms", "Latin participle forms" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "involūtus" } ], "glosses": [ "vocative masculine singular of involūtus" ], "links": [ [ "involūtus", "involutus#Latin" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "masculine", "participle", "singular", "vocative" ] } ], "word": "involute" }
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