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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.

Definition 2024


convolution

convolution

English

Noun

convolution (plural convolutions)

  1. Something that is folded or twisted.
  2. Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
  3. The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
  4. (mathematics) A form of moving average.
  5. (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.

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Translations

External links

  • convolution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • convolution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Etymology

From Latin convolutus

Noun

convolution f (plural convolutions)

  1. convolution