CONVOLVE

convolve, convolute

(verb) curl, wind, or twist together

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To roll together, or one part on another

(mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else

(computing) To compute the convolution function

Antonyms

• deconvolve

Source: Wiktionary


Con*volve", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convolved; p.pr. & vb.n. Convolving.] Etym: [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]

Definition: To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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