Evolvent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Involute \In"vo*lute\, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Evolvent \E*volv"ent\, n. [L. evolvens, -entis, unrolling, p.
     pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.)
     The involute of a curve. See {Involute}, and {Evolute}.
     [1913 Webster]