INVOLUTE; INVOLUTED
In"vo*lute, In"vo*lu`ted, a. Etym: [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere.
See Involve.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Rolled inward from the edges; — said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
INVOLUTE
In"vo*lute, n. (Geom.)
Defn: A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; — called also evolvent. See Evolute.
INVOLUTION
In`vo*lu"tion, n. Etym: [L. involutio: cf. F. involution. See
Involve.]
1. The act of involving or infolding.
2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication;
entanglement.
All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual involutions.
Glanvill.
3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. Sir T. Browne.