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in·vo·lute
[adj., n. in-vuh-loot; v. in-vuh-loot, in-vuh-loot] adjective, noun, verb, in·vo·lut·ed, in·vo·lut·ing. 
vəˌlut; adjective
1.
intricate; complex.
2.
curled or curved inward or spirally.
3.
Botany. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf.
4.
Zoology. (of shells) having the whorls closely wound.
noun
5.
Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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verb (used without object)
6.
to roll or curl up; become involute.
7.
to return to a normal shape, size, or state.
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| involute | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | complex, intricate, or involved |
| 2. | botany (esp of petals, leaves, etc, in bud) having margins that are rolled inwards |
| 3. | (of certain shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured |
| —n | |
| 4. | geometry See also evolute the curve described by the free end of a thread as it is wound around another curve, the evolute, such that its normals are tangential to the evolute |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to become involute |
| [C17: from Latin involūtus, from involvere; see | |
| 'involutely | |
| —adv | |
| invo'lutedly | |
| —adv | |
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