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Involution
Meaning
Noun
●
Entanglement; a
spiralling
inwards; intricacy.
●
A
complicated
grammatical
construction.
●
In Mathematics:
An
endofunction
whose
square
is
equal
to the
identity function
; a
function
equal
to its inverse.
●
In Medicine:
The
shrinking
of an
organ
(such as the
uterus
) to a
former
size.
●
In Physiology:
The
regressive
changes in the body
occurring
with
old
age.
●
In Mathematics:
A power: the result of
raising
one number
to the power of
another.
●
In Economics & Social sciences:
A
cessation
of development or
progress
despite
intense
inner
competition.
●
A state of increased
competition
for
limited
resources,
requiring
great
effort
to
stay
ahead.
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Origin
involution
English
involutio
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Maturation
Ossification
Imine
Atrophy
Senescence
Thickening
Demyelination
Autolysis
Hyperplasia
Resection
Denervation
Dysfunction
Dilatation
Inflammation
Degeneration
Hypertrophy
Electric Dipole
Electron Neutrino
Alpha Helix
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Rhymes
Aleutian
Solution
Ablution
Venusian
Evolution
Absolution
Belarusian
Devolution
Involution
Revolution
Resolution
Convolution
Dissolution
Contribution
Circumlocution
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