involution

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Synonyms: invocation, revolution, evolution, convolution, insolation, advolution, volution, devolution, involutions, involuting, involutive

Antonyms: invocation, revolution, evolution, convolution, insolation, advolution, volution, devolution, involutions, involuting, involutive

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Noun

1. [[entanglement|Entanglement]]; a spiralling inwards; [[intricacy]].
2. A [[complicated]] [[grammatical]] [[construction]].
3. {{senseid|en|Q846862}} {{lb|en|mathematics}} An [[endofunction]] whose square is equal to the [[identity function]]; a [[function]] equal to its inverse.
4. {{senseid|en|Q1888840}} {{lb|en|medicine}} The shrinking of an [[organ]] (such as the [[uterus]]) to a former size.
5. {{lb|en|physiology}} The regressive changes in the body occurring with [[old age]].
6. {{lb|en|mathematics|obsolete}} A [[power]]: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
7. {{senseid|en|Q116045021}} {{lb|en|economics|social science|of a society or nation}} A [[cessation]] of [[development]] or [[progress]] involving intense inner [[competition]].
8. {{lb|en|neologism}} A [[state]] of increased [[competition]] for [[limited]] [[resource]]s, requiring great [[effort]] to stay ahead.
9. {{lb|en|biology}} The [[migration]] of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at [[gastrulation]] during [[embryogenesis]].

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