单词 | introvolution |
释义 | introvolutionn. rare. The process of involving one thing within another. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling round something windingc1386 circumvolution1599 introvolution1829 wind-up1966 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > [noun] > implicit inclusion involution1611 involvement1706 introvolution1829 implication1873 1829 C. Lamb Let. 17 Apr. (1935) III. 215 Per se it is good, to show the introv[ol]utions, extravolutions, of which the animal frame is capable. 1840 T. De Quincey Theory Greek Trag. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 146/1 There are cases, occasionally occurring in the English drama and the Spanish, where a play is exhibited within a play..at every step of the introvolution (to neologise a little in a case justifying a neologism), something must be done to differentiate the gradations, and to express the subordinations of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1829 |
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