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Webster 1913 Edition

Convolve

Con-volve′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Convolved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Convolving
.]
[L.
convolvere
,
-volutum
;
con-
+
volvere
to roll. See
Voluble
.]
To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
Then Satan first knew pain,
And writhed him to and fro
convolved
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Convolve

CONVOLVE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to roll. See Wallow.] To roll or wind together; to roll one part on another.

Definition 2024

convolve

convolve

English

Verb

convolve ‎(third-person singular simple present convolves, present participle convolving, simple past and past participle convolved)

  1. (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else
  2. (computing) To compute the convolution function

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External links

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

Italian

Verb

convolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

Latin

Verb

convolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolvō

Etymology

From Latin convolvere, present active infinitive of convolvō ‎(“roll together”), from con ‎(“together”) + volvō ‎(“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): kənˈvɒlv
  • Hyphenation: con‧volve

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