convolution

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʃən

[edit] 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 that puts elements of multiple strings into arrays.

[edit] Related terms

• convolve
• convolute
• convoluted

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

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

---

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin convolutus

[edit] Noun

convolution f. (plural convolutions)

1. convolution