involution

1. n. The act of involving or infolding. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement. Source: opted

3. n. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. Source: opted

4. n. The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy. Source: opted

8. n. reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth) Source: wordnet

9. n. a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction Source: wordnet

10. n. marked by elaborately complex detail Source: wordnet

11. n. the act of sharing in the activities of a group Source: wordnet

12. n. the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power Source: wordnet

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