involute

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Already Violet had betaken herself to a camp-chair in the shade and was reading a work entitled Thoughts on the Involute Spirality of the Immaterial.

From Spanish Doubloons by Kenyon, Camilla

They are Involute teeth. in fact epicycloids traced by a rolling circle of infinite radius, i.e. a straight line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

Involute teeth.—These are teeth having their whole operative surfaces formed of one continuous involute curve.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Involute, in vernation, 72; rolled inwards from the edges, 97.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Involute teeth have the advantage that they roll on one another instead of sliding.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various