Толковый словарь английского языка - involution
Involution
involution
noun Etymology: Latin ~-, involutio, from involvere Date: circa 1611 1. a. the act or an instance of enfolding or entangling ; involvement, an involved grammatical construction usually characterized by the insertion of clauses between the subject and predicate, complexity , intricacy , exponentiation , 3. an inward curvature or penetration, the formation of a gastrula by ingrowth of cells formed at the dorsal lip, a shrinking or return to a former size, the regressive alterations of a body or its parts characteristic of the aging process , ~al adjective
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n. 1 the process of involving. 2 an entanglement. 3 intricacy. 4 curling inwards. 5 a part that curls upwards. 6 Math. the raising of a quantity to any power. 7 Physiol. the reduction in size of an organ in old age, or when its purpose has been fulfilled (esp. the uterus after childbirth). Derivatives involutional adj. Etymology: L involutio (as INVOLVE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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