Devolution and Involution

noun

• The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.
  • synonyms: degeneration
• The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government. ).
  • synonyms: devolvement

• (n.) The act of rolling down.
• (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

DEVOLUTION is the delegation of authority from higher to lower levels.

noun

• Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth. )
• A long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction.
• Marked by elaborately complex detail.
  • synonyms: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy
• The act of sharing in the activities of a group.
  • usage: "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
  • synonyms: engagement, participation, involvement
• The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.
  • synonyms: exponentiation
• The action of enfolding something.
  • synonyms: enfolding

• (n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
• (n.) The act of involving or infolding.
• (n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) That in which anything is involved, folded or wrapped; envelope.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.