Evolute

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of evolve (“cause to come into being”). formal, transitive

    "Now these are the generations of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknowable evoluted the bipedal mammalia […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface.

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advancebear fruitbloomblossomcirruscoil

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"Now these are the generations of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknowable evoluted the bipedal mammalia […]"

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center of curvature

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