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  Involution \In`vo*lu"tion\, n. [L. involutio: cf. F. involution.
     See Involve.]
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     1. The act of involving or infolding.
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     2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication;
        entanglement.
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              All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual
              involutions.                          --Glanvill.
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     3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped;
        envelope. --Sir T. Browne.
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     4. (Gram.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the
        subject and the verb, in a way that involves or
        complicates the construction.
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     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
        evolution.
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     6. (Geom.) 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.
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     7. (Med.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its
        normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
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  Involution \In`vo*lu"tion\, n. [L. involutio: cf. F. involution.
     See Involve.]
     1. The act of involving or infolding.
  
     2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication;
        entanglement.
  
              All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual
              involutions.                          --Glanvill.
  
     3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped;
        envelope. --Sir T. Browne.
  
     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
        evolution.
  
     6. (Geom.) 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. (Med.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its
        normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

  involution
       n 1: reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of
            the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
       2: a long and intricate and complicated grammatical
          construction
       3: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: elaborateness,
          elaboration, intricacy]
       4: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the
          teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in
          class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement]
          [ant: non-engagement, non-engagement, non-engagement]
       5: the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
          [syn: exponentiation]
       6: the action of enfolding something [syn: enfolding]

  involution
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 συμμετοχή
     2 οπισθοχώρηση, παρακμή

  involution
     n.
     entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.

  Involution
     German n.
     f involution

  involution
     n.
     entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.

  involution
     n.
     entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.

  Involution
     German n.
     f involution

  involution
     n.
     entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.

  Involution
     German n.
     f involution

  involution
     Englanti n.
     involuutio

  involution
     n.
     (tagg: matematik) avbildning som är sin egen invers; avbildning vars
  kvadrat är identitetsavbildningen

  Involution
     Tyska n.
     involution

  involution
     n.
     (tagg: matematik) avbildning som är sin egen invers; avbildning vars
  kvadrat är identitetsavbildningen

  Involution /ˌɪnvoːluːtsjˈoːn/ 
  involution 
     Synonym: Rückbildungsprozess einzelner Organe
  

  Involution /ˌɪnvoːluːtsjˈoːn/ 
   [math.] involution 

  Involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  الإلتفاف

  involution //ɪnvəˈluːʃən// 
  1. объркване
  entanglement; a spiralling inwards
  2. дегенерация
  regressive changes in the body occurring with old age

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  zamotanost

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  umocňování

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  involuce

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  Involution , Rückbildungsprozess einzelner Organe [med.]

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  Involution  [math.]

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  
  παλινδρόμηση, perit, περιτύλιξη

  involution //ɪnvəˈluːʃən// 
  involuutio
  mathematics; an endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse

  involution //ɪnvəˈluːʃən// 
  対合
  mathematics; an endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse

  involution //ɪnvəˈluːʃən// 
  involution
  mathematics; an endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse

  involution /ɪnvəlˈuːʃən/
  1. kıvırma, sarma
  2. kıvrılmış şey
  3. karışıklık, dolaşıklık
  4. (gram.) muğlak cümle, karışık ifade
  5. (fizyol.) genişlemiş veya açılmış bir uzvun eski haline dönmesi.

  involution /ɛ̃.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/ 
  involuzione
  mathématiques

  involution /ˌɪnvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  Involution
  avbildning som är sin egen invers

  involution /ˌɪnvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  対合
  avbildning som är sin egen invers

  
/ɛ̃vɔlysjɔ̃/

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "involution":
     absorption, addition, ambages, anfractuosity, approximation,
     circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution,
     circumvolution, comedown, complexity, complexness, complication,
     convolution, crabbedness, crinkle, crinkling, debasement,
     decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline,
     deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation,
     demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation,
     descent, deterioration, devolution, differentiation, division,
     downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop,
     dying, ebb, effeteness, embarrassment, engagement, enmeshment,
     entanglement, equation, evolution, extrapolation, fading, failing,
     failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, flexuosity,
     flexuousness, implication, inclusion, integration, interpolation,
     intorsion, intricacy, intricateness, inversion, involvement, lapse,
     loss of tone, meander, meandering, multiplication, notation,
     perplexity, practice, proportion, ramification, reduction,
     regression, relation, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression,
     rivulation, sinuation, sinuosity, sinuousness, slinkiness,
     slippage, slump, snakiness, subtlety, subtraction, tanglement,
     technicality, torsion, tortility, tortuosity, tortuousness,
     transformation, turning, twisting, undulation, wane, wave, waving,
     winding
  
  

  n. 卷绕,内卷,回旋;

     n. 卷绕,内卷,回旋