Involution
In`vo`lu´tion
| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | The act of involving or infolding. | |
| 2. | The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement. | |
| 3. | That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. | |
| 4. | (Gram.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction. | |
| 5. | (Math.) 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 | |
| 6. | (Geom.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, | |
| 7. | (Med.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy. |
| Noun | 1. | involution - reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth) |
| 2. | involution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction | |
| 3. | involution - marked by elaborately complex detail | |
| 4. |  involution - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" | |
| 5. | involution - the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power Synonyms: exponentiation | |
| 6. | involution - the action of enfolding something Synonyms: enfolding |