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involute
adjective as in complex
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These names are given to the curves because the end of a stretched thread unwound from the evolute will describe the involute.
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In the Balm of Gilead, the leaf is involute, rolled towards the midrib on the upper face.
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The leaves are rolled towards the midrib on the upper face (involute).
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Involute teeth have the advantage that they roll on one another instead of sliding.
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Leaves involute, the throat usually bearded, and sheaths often enclosing the panicles.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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