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Definitions for Involution
[1] an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
[2] the state of being involved.
[3] something complicated.
[4] Botany , Zoology . a rolling up or folding in upon itself. a part so formed.
[5] Biology . retrograde development; degeneration.
[6] Physiology . the regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
[7] Grammar . a complex construction in which the subject is separated from its predicate by intervening clauses or phrases.
[8] Mathematics . a function that is its own inverse.
[9] the act of involving or complicating or the state of being involved or complicated
[10] something involved or complicated
[11] zoology degeneration or structural deformation
[12] biology an involute formation or structure
[13] physiol reduction in size of an organ or part, as of the uterus following childbirth or as a result of ageing
[14] an algebraic operation in which a number, variable, expression etc, is raised to a specified power Compare evolution (def. 5)
[15] grammar an involved construction, such as one in which the subject is separated from the predicate by an additional clause
Words related to Involution
braid, tendril, rotation, wheeling, volution, twine, convolution, lap, ring, twirl, spiral, scroll, twist, turn, bight, gyration, whorl, wind, circle, roll
Words nearby Involution
involuntary muscle, involute, involute gear, involute teeth, involuted, involution, involutional, involutional melancholia, involutional psychosis, involve, involved
Origin of Involution
First recorded in 1605–15, involution is from the Medieval Latin word involūtiōn- (stem of involūtiō ). See involute, -ion
Other words from Involution
su·per·in·vo·lu·tion , noun
in′vo•lu′ tion•al adj.