Other Definitions
involution (enc)

Involution

Noun1.involution - reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
2.involution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
grammatical construction, construction, expression - a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
3.involution - marked by elaborately complex detail
complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
4.involution - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
group action - action taken by a group of people
commitment - an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London"
intervention, intercession - the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
group participation - participation by all members of a group
5.involution - the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
6.involution - the action of enfolding something
change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something

 

<< PreviousWord BrowserNext >>
invitement
inviter
invitiate
inviting
invitingly
invitrifiable
invocate
invocation
invocatory
invoice
invoke
involucel
involucellate
involucellum
involucral
involucrate
involucre
involucred
involucret
involucrum
involuntarily
involuntariness
involuntary
involuntary muscle
involuntary trust
involute
involutional depression
involve
involved
involved with
involvedness
invulgar
invulnerability
invulnerable
invulnerableness
invulnerate
inwall
inward
inward developing
inward moving
inwardly
inwardness
inwards
inweave