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• Self-Involution
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(1):

(n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.

(2):

(n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.

(3):

(n.) The act of involving or infolding.

(4):

(n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.