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involution

[in-vuh-loo-shuhn] / ˌɪn vəˈlu ʃən /




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This process is called thymic involution, and it reduces the body's ability to produce new T cells.

From Science Daily Dec. 29, 2025

In anthropology, involution is used to describe a kind of change without progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

“I thought by opening a stall I could escape the involution of looking for work,” one vendor wrote on Xiaohongshu.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2023

"If this can't be halted, the trends in place could lead to a progressive and unsustainable involution of the human capital of most of southern Italy."

From Reuters Jan. 25, 2023

Hence the involution which is obtained by joining E or E′ to the points in the given involution is circular.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various




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