evolute

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An ellipse (blue) with several centers of curvature (red) which trace out its evolute

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evolute (plural evolutes)

  1. (geometry) A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

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evolute

This Clymenia fossil has a closely coiled evolute shell.
  1. (malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface.

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evolute f pl

  1. feminine plural of evoluto

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ēvolūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēvolūtus
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