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   involution

   /ɪnvəˈl(j)uːʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive, e.g. of the uterus after childbirth.
   • 2. a function, transformation, or operator that is equal to its inverse, i.e. which gives the identity when applied to itself.
   • 3. the process of complicating something, or the state of being complicated: formal "periods of artistic involution"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense (‘part) curling inwards’): from Latin involutio(n-), from involvere (see involve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. involutional adjective
   • 2. involutionary adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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