INVOLUTION


Meaning of INVOLUTION in English

n.1 the process of involving.

2 an entanglement.

3 intricacy.

4 curling inwards.

5 a part that curls upwards.

6 Math. the raising of a quantity to any power.

7 Physiol. the reduction in size of an organ in old age, or when its purpose has been fulfilled (esp. the uterus after childbirth).

Derivatives:

involutional adj.

Etymology: L involutio (as INVOLVE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.