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noun
Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A complicated grammatical construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Narrower terms: complex conjugation, complementation
noun
The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences
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noun
A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, neologism, uncountable
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noun
The migration of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at gastrulation during embryogenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
the action of enfolding something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: enfolding
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Broader terms: change of shape
noun
the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exponentiation
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Broader terms: mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
noun
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: engagement, participation, involvement
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Broader terms: group action
Narrower terms: commitment, intervention, intercession, group participation
noun
marked by elaborately complex detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy
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Broader terms: complexity, complexness
noun
a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: construction, grammatical construction, expression
noun
reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
From Latin involūtiō, from involvō.
Across languages
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