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Bible Dictionaries
Involution
Webster's Dictionary
or (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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Involution'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/involution.html. 1828.
