Word
Involution
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-vo-lu-tion
Definition
- 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.
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