evolvent

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin ēvolvēns, ēvolventis (“unrolling”), present participle of ēvolvō (“I unroll”).

Noun edit

evolvent (plural evolvents)

(geometry) The involute of a curve.

See also edit

evolute

References edit

“evolvent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Verb edit

ēvolvent

third-person plural future active indicative of ēvolvō

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