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Involute   Listen
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Involute  n.  (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; called also evolvent. See Evolute.






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... glaucous, narrow, lanceolate, thinly coriaceous, acuminate with a hardened tip, 1 to 7 or 9 inches long, 1/2 to 1/4 inch broad, flat or involute when slightly faded, with a few distantly scattered hairs above, especially towards the lower portion of the blade when young, and becoming glabrous later, glabrous on the lower surface, margin is finely serrate and with a few cilia towards the base, some hairs being tubercle-based; base of the ...
— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar



Words linked to "Involute" :   rolled, coiled



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