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an abnormally shaped bacterial cell that occurs in an old culture or one that has been exposed to unfavorable conditions.Medical dictionary. 2011.
involution form — noun : an irregular or atypical bacterium formed under unfavorable conditions (as in old cultures) and variously considered as a degenerating cell or as a specialized reproductive body … Useful english dictionary
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 … Wikipedia
Involution (metaphysics) — 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… … Wikipedia
Involution (Mathematik) — Der Begriff Involution bezeichnet in der Mathematik eine selbstinverse Abbildung. Die Bezeichnung leitet sich von dem lateinischen Wort involvere „einwickeln“ ab. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Motivation 2 Definition 3 Eigenschaften … Deutsch Wikipedia
Involution (Medizin) — Als Involution bezeichnet man die natürliche Rückbildung eines Organs, das nur begrenzte Zeit aktiv ist. Sie kann vollständig oder partiell sein und stellt eine späte Form der physiologischen Atrophie dar. Typisch ist eine komplette Involution… … Deutsch Wikipedia
form — Shape; mold. [L. forma] accolé forms (ak ola′) SYN: appliqué forms. appliqué forms (ap li ka′) a term applied to the manner in which the ring stage of Plasmodium falciparum parasitizes the marginal portion of erythrocytes. SYN: accolé forms. arch … Medical dictionary
Affine involution — In Euclidean geometry, of special interest are involutions which are linear or affine transformations over the Euclidean space R n . Such involutions are easy to characterize and they can be described geometrically.Linear involutionsTo give a… … Wikipedia
Semigroup with involution — In mathematics, in semigroup theory, an involution in a semigroup is a transformation of the semigroup which is its own inverse and which is an anti automorphism of the semigroup. A semigroup in which an involution is defined is called a… … Wikipedia
Ε-quadratic form — In mathematics, specifically the theory of quadratic forms, an ε quadratic form is a generalization of quadratic forms to skew symmetric settings and to * rings; epsilon = pm 1, accordingly for symmetric or skew symmetric. They are also called (… … Wikipedia
Classification of finite simple groups — Group theory Group theory … Wikipedia
