evolute

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noun

A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

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Meanings

nounevolute (plural evolutes)

plural evolutes

  1. geometryA curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
adjective
  1. biologyHaving or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface.
  2. biologyUnfolded; turned back.
verbevolute (third-person singular simple present evolutes, present participle evoluting, simple past and past participle evoluted)

present singular third person evolutes · participle present evoluting · participle past evoluted · past evoluted

  1. formaltransitiveSynonym 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
    1 more example

    […] 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of evolve (“cause to come into being”).

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Translations

Czech evoluta
  • evolutaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Estonian evoluut
  • evoluuta curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Finnish evoluutta
  • evoluuttaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
French développée
  • développéea curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
German Evolute
  • Evolutea curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Hungarian evoluta
  • evolutaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Italian evoluta
  • evolutaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Polish ewoluta
  • ewolutaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Russian эволю́та
  • эволю́та (evoljúta)a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Spanish evoluta
  • evolutaa curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Tagalog balisultag
  • balisultaga curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Ukrainian еволю́та
  • еволю́та (evoljúta)a curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve
Cite this entry
APA

evolute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evolute

MLA

“evolute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evolute. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evolute,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evolute.

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