Involution (disambiguation)
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Involution occurs when something turns in upon itself. It may refer to:
- InvoluteInvoluteIn the differential geometry of curves, an involute is a curve obtained from another given curve by attaching an imaginary taut string to the given curve and tracing its free end as it is wound onto that given curve; or in reverse, unwound. It is a roulette wherein the rolling curve is a straight...
, a construction in the differential geometry of curves - Involution (agriculture), intensification of production through increased labour inputs
- Involution (mathematics), a function that is its own inverse
- Involution (medicine)Involution (medicine)-Thymus:The thymus continues to grow between birth and puberty and then begins to atrophy, a process directed by the high levels of circulating sex hormones. Proportional to thymic size, thymic activity is most active before puberty. Upon atrophy, the size and activity are dramatically reduced,...
, the shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus after pregnancy) - Involution (philosophy)Involution (philosophy)The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer. In some instances it refers to a process that occurs prior to evolution and gives rise to the cosmos, in others an aspect of evolution, and still others a process that follows the completion of evolution in the human...
, a "turning in" on one's self - Involution (esoterism), several notions of a counterpart to evolution
- Involution (Meher Baba)Involution (Meher Baba)For Indian spiritual master Meher Baba, involution is the inner path of the human soul to the Self. Charles Haynes, in describing Meher Baba's sense of involution writes, "The old and new impressions, both of which create a veil over consciousness, gradually wear away, revealing an increasingly ...
, the inner path of the human soul to the self