English-Thai Dictionary

involute

ADJ ี่ ซับซ้อน  ยุ่งยาก  intricate complex sab-son

 

involute

N เส้นโค้ง (ทาง เรขาค ณิต  sen-kong

 

involute

VI ม้วน เข้า  ม้วน เป็น วง  muan-kao

 

involuted

A ที่ ม้วน เข้า ใน  ที่ ขด เข้า ใน  ที่ มี ขนาด รูปร่าง ปกติ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVOLUTE

n.[L. involutus.] A curve traced by the end of a string folded upon a figure, or unwound from it.

 

INVOLUTE, INVOLUTED

a.[L. involutus, involvo. See Involve. ] In botany, rolled spirally inwards. Involuted foliation or venation, is when the leaves within the bud have their edges rolled spirally inwards on both sides towards the upper surface.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INVOLUTE; INVOLUTED

In "vo *lute, In "vo *lu `ted, a. Etym: [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere.See Involve. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. Gray.

 

2. (Zoöl.) (a ) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b ) Rolled inward spirally.

 

INVOLUTE

INVOLUTE In "vo *lute, n. (Geom.)

 

Defn: A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

involute

in vo lute |ˈinvəˌlo͞ot ˌɪnvəˈlut | ▶adjective 1 formal involved; intricate: the art novel has grown increasingly involute. 2 technical curled spirally. • Zoology (of a shell ) having the whorls wound closely around the axis. • Botany (of a leaf or the cap of a fungus ) rolled inward at the edges. ▶noun Geometry the locus of a point considered as the end of a taut string being unwound from a given curve in the plane of that curve. Compare with evolute. ▶verb [ no obj. ] become involute; curl up. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin involutus, past participle of involvere (see involve ).

 

involuted

in vo lut ed |ˈinvəˌlo͞otid ˌɪnvəˈljudəd | ▶adjective complicated; abstruse: his involuted prose.

 

Oxford Dictionary

involute

involute |ˈɪnvəl (j )uːt | ▶adjective 1 formal involved or intricate: the art novel has grown increasingly involute. 2 technical curled spirally. • Zoology (of a shell ) having the whorls wound closely round the axis. • Botany (of a leaf or the cap of a fungus ) rolled inwards at the edges. ▶noun Geometry the locus of a point considered as the end of a taut string being unwound from a given curve in the plane of that curve. Compare with evolute. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin involutus, past participle of involvere (see involve ).

 

involuted

in |vo ¦luted |ˈɪnvəl (j )uːtɪd | ▶adjective complicated or abstruse: his involuted prose.