involution

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
2. (countable, uncountable) A complicated grammatical construction.
3. (countable, uncountable) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
4. (countable, uncountable) The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
5. (countable, uncountable) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
7. (countable, uncountable) A cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
8. (countable, neologism, uncountable) A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
9. (countable, uncountable) The migration of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at gastrulation during embryogenesis.

Synonyms

exponentiation

involvement

engagement

intricacy

complexity

participation

elaborateness

regression

elaboration

enfolding

embroilment

entanglement

imbroglio

jam

power

recovery

regress

retroversion

reversion

trickiness

twist

twisting

absorption

mathematical power

atrophy

attendance

attending

complicacy

complication

contour

decline

disappearance

dissolution

Translations

involución

involution

involuzione

elaboração

elaboración

complexidade

participation

élaboration

elaboració

exposant

involutie

involució

Involution

complejidad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnvəˈluːʃən/

Etymology

From Latin involūtiō, from involvō.