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Webster 1913 Edition

Convolution

Conˊvo-lu′tion

,
Noun.
1.
The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.
O’er the calm sea, in
convolution
swift,
The feathered eddy floats.
Thomson.
2.
The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
Blackmore.
3.
(Anat.)
An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part;
as, the
convolutions
of the intestines; the cerebral
convolutions
. See
Brain
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Convolution

CONVOLUTION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
The act of rolling or winding together, or one thing on another; the state of being rolled together.
2.
A winding or twisting; a winding motion; as the convolution of certain vines; the convolution of an eddy.

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