convolution
Pronunciation: /kɒn.vəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
The English word “convolution” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A twist or fold.
- Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
- The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
- The state or condition of being convoluted.
- A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
- A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
- One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convolutus (“to roll together”), past participle of convolvere, from con- + volvere (“to roll”), with the suffix -tion. Equivalent to convolute + -ion. The mathematical sense is a semantic calque from Faltung.
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More English words
- convolutedly
- convolutedness
- convolutely
- convolutid
- convolutional
- convolutional neural network
- convolutionally
- convolutionless
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