CONVOLUTIONS

Noun

convolutions

plural of convolution

Source: Wiktionary


CONVOLUTION

Con`vo*lu"tion, n.

1. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.

2. 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. Blackmore.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PROSODIC

(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


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