convolve

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɒlv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɑlv/
• Hyphenation: con‧volve

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To roll together, or one part on another
2. (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else
3. (computing) To compute the convolution function

Antonyms

• deconvolve

Derived terms

• convolvability
• convolvable

 

Related terms

• convolute
• convoluted
• convolution

 

Translations

roll together

• Bulgarian: намотавам (bg) (namotavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷积 (juǎnjī)

• German: falten (de)
• Turkish: evriştirmek

Further reading

• “convolve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “convolve”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Verb

convolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

Latin

Verb

convolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolvō