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— English words —

• involution n. Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
• involution n. A complicated grammatical construction.
• involution n. (Mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
• involution n. (Medicine) The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
• involution n. (Physiology) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
• involution n. (Mathematics, obsolete) A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
• involution n. (Economics, social sciences, of a society or nation) A cessation of development or progress despite…
• involution n. (Neologism, slang) A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.

— In French —

• involution n.f. État d’une chose qui est roulée en dedans.
• involution n.f. (Médecine) Régression spontanée ou provoquée d’un tissu…
• involution n.f. (Mathématiques) Application qui est sa propre inverse.
• involution n.f. (Sens figuré) (Didactique) Développement interne.
• involution n.f. (Vieilli) (Droit) Accumulation de problèmes, de tracasseries…

69 English words from 8 English definitions

age ahead another body cessation changes competition complicated construction despite development Economics effort endofunction Entanglement equal for former function grammatical great identity identity␣function increased intricacy inverse inwards its limited Mathematics Medicine nation Neologism number obsolete occurring of␣a of␣an old old␣age one organ Physiology power progress raising regressive requiring resources result sciences shrinking size slang social social␣sciences society spiralling square state stay such such␣as the to␣the to␣the␣power␣of uterus whose with

10 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Accumulation Application chose dedans Droit est interne inverse propre Sens

18 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Développement Didactique en␣dedans État figuré Mathématiques Médecine problèmes provoquée qui Régression roulée Sens␣figuré spontanée tissu tracasseries une Vieilli

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

involutions involutional involutionary

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

subinvolutions

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

subinvolution self-involution

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

inv Inv. ion Ion -ion Lut LUT tio Tio tion -tion UTI vol Vol vol. volution

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ITU I-tu NOI noit OIt OIT

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

involutions

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

involtino univoltin

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