involution

involution has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The act of involving or infolding.
• n.. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
• n.. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.
• n.. The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
• n.. The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
• n.. The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
• n.. The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
• n.. the action of enfolding something
• n.. the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
• n.. the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
• n.. marked by elaborately complex detail
• n.. a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction