Associations to the word «Involution»

Wiktionary

INVOLUTION, noun. Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy
INVOLUTION, noun. (mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
INVOLUTION, noun. (physiology) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
INVOLUTION, noun. (mathematics) (obsolete) A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.

Dictionary definition

INVOLUTION, noun. Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth).
INVOLUTION, noun. A long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction.
INVOLUTION, noun. Marked by elaborately complex detail.
INVOLUTION, noun. The act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities".
INVOLUTION, noun. The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.
INVOLUTION, noun. The action of enfolding something.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.