Involution (another word definition)

Nov 18, 2014 10:31


in·vo·lu·tion

See also: various esoteric brands based on the word, all of them quite different in meaning.

noun
noun: involution; plural noun: involutions



  1. 1.

    Physiology
    the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive, e.g., of the uterus after childbirth. [ see Wikipedia]


  2. 2.

    Mathematics
    a function, transformation, or operator that is equal to its inverse, i.e., which gives the identity when applied to itself.


  3. 3.

    formal
    the process of involving or complicating, or the state of being involved or complicated.
    "periods of artistic involution"

defination, work-in-progress

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