involution

• marked by elaborately complex detail
• the action of enfolding something
• the act of sharing in the activities of a group
• the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
• reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
• a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
• The act of involving or infolding
• The state of being entangled or involved
• That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped
• The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction
• The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned
• 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
• The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy

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