Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evolute

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: evo-lute
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

adj

Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface.

adj

Unfolded; turned back.

verb

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

Formal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Now these are the generations of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknowable evoluted the bipedal mammalia […]"
"[…] and when the male physical germ evoluted the male into existence its soul-germ at the same time evoluted the soul into existence."

Usage

Inflected Forms

evolutes (plural) evolutes (present, singular) evoluting (participle, present) evoluted (participle, past) evoluted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

involute advolute convolute

Synonyms

evolve

Questions

What does evolute mean?: A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.

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