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

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɒlv/
• 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

Derived terms

• convolvability
• convolvable

 

Antonyms

• deconvolve

Related terms

• convolute
• convoluted
• convolution

 

Translations

roll together

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

  Mandarin: 卷积 (juǎnjī)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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.

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Italian

Verb

convolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) convolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolvō