Involution (noun)

  1. The process or act of involving or wrapping up.
  2. The process of becoming more complicated or involved.
  3. A mathematical function that describes the process of taking a function and finding another function that is its inverse.

Origin:

Derived from the latin word 'involutio' meaning a rolling up or wrapping up.

Examples:

  1. The involution of events had become too confusing for her to follow.
  2. The involution of the economy has created a complex system that is difficult to understand.
  3. The process of finding the involution of a function is a central topic in calculus.
  4. The involution of the scandal was a slow and deliberate process.
  5. The involution of the mystery was the result of careful detective work.
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