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Involution

Noun

Definitions

1.NounEntanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
2.NounA complicated grammatical construction.
3.NounAn endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
4.NounThe shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
5.NounThe regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
6.NounA power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
7.NounA cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
8.NounA state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
9.NounThe migration of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at gastrulation during embryogenesis.
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