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convolve

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transitive verb

intransitive verb

-·volved′, -·volv′ing
to roll, coil, or twist together

Origin of convolve

Classical Latin convolvere, to roll together from com-, together + volvere, to roll: see walk

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convolve

verb

con·volved, con·volv·ing, con·volves

verb

transitive
To roll together; coil up.

verb

intransitive
To form convolutions.

Origin of convolve

Latin convolvere com- com- volvere to roll ; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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Verb

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

  1. (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else
  2. (computing) To compute the convolution function
Origin

From Latin convolvere, present active infinitive of convolvō (“roll together”), from con (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

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