convolution

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< Latin convolutus (to roll together), past participle of convolvere < con- + volvere (to roll).

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Singular
convolution

Plural
convolutions

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 that puts elements of multiple strings into arrays.

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From Latin convolutus

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convolution f. (plural convolutions)

  1. convolution