About The Word Evolute
Learn about the word Evolute to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Evolute definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Evolute
| Evolute Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Evolute?Synonyms | Synonyms for Evolute: Related Terms | Find terms related to Evolute: See Also | Evolute In Webster's Dictionary \Ev"o*lute\, n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. of
evolvere. See {Evolve}.] (Geom.)
A curve from which another curve, called the involute or
evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound
upon the former, or unwound from it. See {Involute}. It is
the locus of the centers of all the circles which are
osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
Note: Any curve may be an evolute, the term being applied to
it only in its relation to the involute.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Sea of japan ‐ an arm of the Pacific between China…
- Wantonness ‐ the quality of being lewd and lascivious [n] the trait of lacking…
- Polyphosphoric acid ‐ a series of oxyacids of…
- Capital of guinea ‐ a port and the capital…
- Forgivably ‐ in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably…
- Fire thorn ‐ any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing…
- Ytterbium ‐ a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide…
- Gate-crash ‐ enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash…
- Piaster ‐ 100 kurus equal 1 lira [n] a fractional monetary unit in Egypt…
- Aidoneus ‐ (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology;…