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- English Word Involuntary Definition Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
- English Word Involuntary Definition Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
- English Word Involute Definition Alt. of Involuted
- English Word Involute Definition A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
- English Word Involuted Definition Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation.
- English Word Involuted Definition Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
- English Word Involuted Definition Rolled inward spirally.
- English Word Involution Definition The act of involving or infolding.
- English Word Involution Definition The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
- English Word Involution Definition That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.
- English Word Involution Definition The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
- English Word Involution Definition The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
- English Word Involution Definition The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
- English Word Involution Definition The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
- English Word Involve Definition To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- English Word Involve Definition To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
- English Word Involve Definition To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- English Word Involve Definition To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- English Word Involve Definition To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- English Word Involve Definition To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
- English Word Involve Definition To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
- English Word Involve Definition To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
- English Word Involved Definition of Involve
- English Word Involved Definition Same as Involute.
- English Word Involvedness Definition The state of being involved.
- English Word Involvement Definition The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
- English Word Involving Definition of Involve
- English Word Invulgar Definition To cause to become or appear vulgar.
- English Word Invulgar Definition Not vulgar; refined; elegant.
- English Word Invulnerability Definition Quality or state of being invulnerable.