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   involute

   /ˈɪnvəl(j)uːt/

   adjective

   • 1. involved or intricate: formal "the art novel has grown increasingly involute"
   • 2. curled spirally. technical
   • ▪ (of a shell) having the whorls wound closely round the axis.
   • ▪ (of a leaf or the cap of a fungus) rolled inwards at the edges.

   noun

   • 1. 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.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin involutus, past participle of involvere (see involve).

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • V

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   • O

     1

   • L

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   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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