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evolute

evolute noun: a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

evolute: a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
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Noun

evolute (plural evolutes)

  1. A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

Adjective

evolute

  1. Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface.
  2. Unfolded; turned back.

Verb

evolute (third-person singular simple present evolutes, present participle evoluting, simple past and past participle evoluted)

  1. (formal, transitive) Synonym of evolve (“cause to come into being”).
    • Now these are the generations of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknowable evoluted the bipedal mammalia […]1875, John Muehleisen Arnold, Genesis and Science; Or The First Leaves of the Bible, page 99
    • […] and when the male physical germ evoluted the male into existence its soul-germ at the same time evoluted the soul into existence.1892, Oliver Paul Gooding, The People's God Vs. the Monarchic God, page 401
    Synonyms:
    evolve

evolute meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

evolute in Tamil

மலரி, அலா வரை

evolute in Tagalog

a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
balisultag

Synonyms of evolute

Forms of evolute

Noun
pluralevolutes
Verb
third-person singular presentevolutes
present participleevoluting
past participleevoluted
pastevoluted

Questions about evolute

What does evolute mean?
Evolute means a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
What is evolute in Tamil?
Evolute in Tamil is மலரி, அலா வரை. See Evolute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is evolute?
Evolute can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
What is the plural of evolute?
The plural of evolute is evolutes.

Words near evolute in the dictionary

  1. Evolas
  2. evolation
  3. evolations
  4. Evolian
  5. evolocumab
  6. evolute
  7. evoluted
  8. evolutes
  9. evoluting
  10. evolution
  11. Evolution Day

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evolute (page history and authors); evolute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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