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1. (n.) involution
an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
2. involution
the state of being involved.
3. involution
something complicated.
4. involution
Biol. retrogression; restoration of a former state.
5. involution
Physiol. the regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
6. involution
a complex grammatical construction in which the subject is separated from its predicate by intervening clauses or phrases.
7. involution
a mathematical function that is its own inverse.
Etymology: (1605–15; < ML involūtiō. See involve , -tion)
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| Definition of 'involution' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) involution
reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
2. (noun) involution
a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
3. (noun) elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution
marked by elaborately complex detail
4. (noun) engagement, participation, involvement, involution
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
"the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
5. (noun) exponentiation, involution
the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
6. (noun) involution, enfolding
the action of enfolding something
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| Definition of 'involution' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) involution
the act of involving or infolding
2. (noun) involution
the state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement
3. (noun) involution
that in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope
4. (noun) involution
the insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction
5. (noun) involution
the act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution
6. (noun) involution
the relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution
7. (noun) involution
the return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy
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