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involute

/adjective, noun in-vuh-loot; verb in-vuh-loot, in-vuh-loot/US // adjective, noun ˈɪn vəˌlut; verb ˌɪn vəˈlut, ˈɪn vəˌlut //

内卷,内卷型,内卷式,内卷状物

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : intricate; complex.
    • : curled or curved inward or spirally.
    • : Botany. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf.
    • : Zoology. having the whorls closely wound.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·vo·lut·ed, in·vo·lut·ing.

    • : to roll or curl up; become involute.
    • : to return to a normal shape, size, or state.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.complex
Synonyms
daedalian大德,岱岱byzantine拜占庭,拜占庭式,拜占庭式的,拜占庭的circuitous迂回的,迂回,迂回曲折,迂腐的complicated复杂的,复杂,错综复杂的,错综复杂composite复合,综合,复合型,复合体compound复式,复合,复合物,复合式compounded复式,复式的,复合的,复合型confused混乱的,困惑,困惑的,糊涂conglomerate企业集团,集团公司,联合企业,企业集团化convoluted错综复杂,错综复杂的,复杂的,复杂daedal代代尔elaborate精心制作的,阐述,精心制作,详尽的entangled纠缠不清的,纠缠在一起的,纠缠不清,纠缠在一起heterogeneous异质性,异质,异质性的,异质的intricate复杂的,错综复杂的,错综复杂,复杂involved涉及的,涉及到的,涉及,涉及的问题knotty疑难杂症,复杂的,棘手的,棘手的问题labyrinthine迷宫式的,迷路的,曲折的,迷路manifold歧管,多样化,多样性,多样化的mingled混杂在一起的,羼杂在一起的,羼杂在一起,混杂在一起miscellaneous杂项,各种各样的,杂项的,杂项事务mixed混合的,混合,混合型,混杂的mixed-up错综复杂的,混杂的,芜杂的,错综复杂mosaic镶嵌式,镶嵌,镶嵌物,镶嵌式的motley斑纹,斑马,斑点,斑马线multifarious五花八门,多样性,五花八门的,多样化multiform多种形式的,多形式的,多种形式,多样化的multiple多个,多重,多种,倍数multiplex复式,多重化,多工化,多工tangled错综复杂,错综复杂的,紊乱的,纠结的tortuous曲折的,迂回的,迂回曲折,弯弯曲曲的variegated斑斓的,斑驳的,斑纹的,斑斓

Examples

  • These names are given to the curves because the end of a stretched thread unwound from the evolute will describe the involute.

  • In the Balm of Gilead, the leaf is involute, rolled towards the midrib on the upper face.

  • The leaves are rolled towards the midrib on the upper face (involute).

  • Involute teeth have the advantage that they roll on one another instead of sliding.

  • Leaves involute, the throat usually bearded, and sheaths often enclosing the panicles.