involution
/ɪnvəˈluːʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.06 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…]usually his attention was diverted from her feet by her shrieks of laughter and the astounding involutions of her huge brown-yellow frame."
- "‘Gomez,’ said the mortician, ‘is an expert only on the involutions of his own rectum.’"
- "1917, James Huneker, Unicorns, New York: Scribner, Chapter 11 “Style and Rhythm in English Prose,” p. 129, Walter Pater’s essay on Style is honeycombed with involutions and preciosity."
- "Involutions have the property that they are their own inverses."
Etymology
From Latin involūtiō, from involvō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: involūtiō
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
involution algebra
self-involution