"involute" meaning in English

See involute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|involutus}} Latin involutus Head templates: {{en-adj}} involute (comparative more involute, superlative most involute)
  1. (formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. Tags: formal
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  2. (botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward. Categories (topical): Botany
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  3. (biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-involute-en-adj-XiNXnQI2 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-involute-en-adj-FLV79txJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 9 13 18 31 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 25 7 16 19 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 25 7 17 19 29 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 26 7 15 19 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 22 6 22 23 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 23 6 22 22 23 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 22 6 23 23 22 1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  5. (biology) Rolled inward spirally. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-involute-en-adj-n55F8wzN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 9 13 18 31 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 25 7 16 19 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 25 7 17 19 29 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 26 7 15 19 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 22 6 22 23 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 23 6 22 22 23 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 22 6 23 23 22 1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: involuted

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-involute.wav Forms: involutes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|involutus}} Latin involutus Head templates: {{en-noun}} involute (plural involutes)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry Related terms: involution, advolute, convolute, evolute, revolute Translations (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): involuutta (Finnish), développante [feminine] (French), sultag (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-involute-en-noun-qL9NuQsJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 9 13 18 31 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 25 7 16 19 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 25 7 17 19 29 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 26 7 15 19 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 22 6 22 23 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 23 6 22 22 23 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 22 6 23 23 22 1 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: involuted

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-involute.wav Forms: involutes [present, singular, third-person], involuting [participle, present], involuted [participle, past], involuted [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|involutus}} Latin involutus Head templates: {{en-verb}} involute (third-person singular simple present involutes, present participle involuting, simple past and past participle involuted)
  1. To roll or curl inwards.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: involuted

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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