involute
Example Sentences
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Several daguerreotypes here foreground the ornament and patterning of Egyptian buildings; this one captures every edge of the involute roof of a 16th-century mosque, festooned with knotty hearts and flowers.
From New York Times
They were involute, introvert, indirect; they did not like questions and answers.
From Literature
Petals 4, strap-shaped, long and narrow, spirally involute in the bud.
From Project Gutenberg
In involute teeth the motion transmitted will be smooth and equal whether the pitch lines of the wheels coincide or not, hence the wear of the journals and bearings does not impair their action.
From Project Gutenberg
The first curve is called the involute of the second.
From Project Gutenberg
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