Convolution

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A form or part that is folded or coiled.
  • n. One of the convex folds of the surface of the brain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that is folded or twisted.
  • n. Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
  • n. The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
  • n. A form of moving average.
  • n. A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.
  • n. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
  • n. An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of rolling. or winding together, or of winding one part or thing on another; the motion or process of winding in and out.
  • n. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or wound together.
  • n. A turn or winding; a fold; a gyration; an anfractuosity; a whorl: as, the convolutions of a vine; the convolutions of the intestines.
  • n. In anatomy, specifically, one of the gyri, gyres, or anfractuosities of the brain, especially of the cerebrum. See cuts under brain and corpus.
  • n. In mathematics, such a connection between the relations of any asyzygetic system that each is applied alternately in the aggregate of the remaining relations.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
  • n. the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
  • n. the shape of something rotating rapidly
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change of shape    round shape   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    twist    volume    volute   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gyrus    lobe    cortex    labyrinth   
     
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