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involution

/in-vuh-loo-shuhn/US // ˌɪn vəˈlu ʃən //UK // (ˌɪnvəˈluːʃən) //

牵连,牵连性,牵连效应,牵连关系

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
    • : the state of being involved.
    • : something complicated.
    • : Botany, Zoology. a rolling up or folding in upon itself.a part so formed.
    • : Biology. retrograde development; degeneration.
    • : Physiology. the regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
    • : Grammar. a complex construction in which the subject is separated from its predicate by intervening clauses or phrases.
    • : Mathematics. a function that is its own inverse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Ecks was executing a series of caricatures illustrating the involution of Hodgkins' face back into a crab-apple.

  • (a) Involution forms characterised by alterations of shape (Fig. 90).

  • (b) Involution forms characterised by loss of staining power.

  • Amongst these the most marked is the formation of the embryonic rim, which is nothing less than the commencement of an involution.

  • It is very probable that there is one involution to each segment of the body between the front and hind ends of the Oviduct.