EVOLVENT
, in the Higher Geometry, a term used by some writers for the Involute, or curve resulting from the evolution of a curve, in contradistinction to that evolute, or curve supposed to be opened or evolved. See Evolute, and Involute.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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