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   { Involute , Involuted , } a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
    (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation.
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   (Zool.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
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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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