Associations to the word «Convolution»

Wiktionary

CONVOLUTION, noun. Something that is folded or twisted.
CONVOLUTION, noun. Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
CONVOLUTION, noun. The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
CONVOLUTION, noun. (mathematics) A form of moving average.
CONVOLUTION, noun. (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.

Dictionary definition

CONVOLUTION, noun. The shape of something rotating rapidly.
CONVOLUTION, noun. A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain.
CONVOLUTION, noun. The action of coiling or twisting or winding together.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope