Involution
(noun)
- The process or act of involving or wrapping up.
- The process of becoming more complicated or involved.
- 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:
- The involution of events had become too confusing for her to follow.
- The involution of the economy has created a complex system that is difficult to understand.
- The process of finding the involution of a function is a central topic in calculus.
- The involution of the scandal was a slow and deliberate process.
- The involution of the mystery was the result of careful detective work.