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15 sectionsContents
- Involute of a parameterized curve
- Properties of involutes
- Cusps
- cusp of order 3/2
- cusp of order 5/2
- Examples
- Involutes of a circle
- Involutes of a semicubic parabola
- Involutes of a catenary
- Involutes of a cycloid
- Involute and evolute
- Application
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Two involutes (red) of a parabola
In mathematics, an involute (also known as an evolvent) is a particular type of curve that is dependent on another shape or curve. An involute of a curve is the locus of a point on a piece of taut string as the string is either unwrapped from or wrapped around the curve.