Definition of involutions Involutions

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What does involutions mean?

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Noun Plural: involutions
involution - the action of enfolding something
		enfolding
		change of shape an action that changes the shape of something
involution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
involution - reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
involution - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
		engagement, participation, involvement
		non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation withdrawing from the activities of a group
		group action action taken by a group of people
		commitment the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
		intercession, intervention a prayer to God on behalf of another person
involution - marked by elaborately complex detail
		elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy
		complexity, complexness the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
involution - the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
		exponentiation

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involution (Noun)
entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
involution (Noun)
An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function ; a function equal to its inverse.
involution (Noun)
The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
involution (Noun)
A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.

involution (n.)
The act of involving or infolding.
involution (n.)
The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
involution (n.)
That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.
involution (n.)
The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
involution (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.
involution (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.
involution (n.)
The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.