Definitions of involution:

  • noun:   the action of enfolding something
  • noun:   a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
  • noun:   reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
  • noun:   the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
  • noun:   the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  • noun:   marked by elaborately complex detail