Difference between revisions of "involute"
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|definition=1. Rolled inwards at margins or edges. | |definition=1. Rolled inwards at margins or edges. | ||
| − | 2. ([[Mollusca]]) The last whorl of a shell enveloping earlier ones and concealing, or nearly so, the axis or earlier volutions. | + | 2. ([[Mollusca]]) The [[last whorl]] of a [[shell]] enveloping earlier ones and concealing, or nearly so, the [[axis]] or earlier volutions. |
|see also=[[convolute]], [[revolute]] | |see also=[[convolute]], [[revolute]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:37, 13 September 2013
involute (adjective; Latin in, in; volute, spiral): 1. Rolled inwards at margins or edges.2. (Mollusca) The last whorl of a shell enveloping earlier ones and concealing, or nearly so, the axis or earlier volutions.
