English

Etymology
From Latin involutio, from volvere �to roll�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /ɪnv�'lu:��n/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u���n|-u���n

Noun
en-noun

1. entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy

#:*1968: �Gomez,� said the mortician, �is an expert only on the involutions of his own rectum.� � Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside

1. mathematics An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.

Derived terms
involutional
involutionary

See also
dual
selfdual

Translations
Italian: involuzione

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