English-Thai Dictionary

convolution

N รอย หยัก ของ สมอง  gyrus roi-yak-kong-sa-mong

 

convolution

N ลักษณะ ที่ ม้วน ขด อยู่  การ งอ งุ้ม  swirl vortex lak-sa-na-ti-muan-kod-yu

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVOLUTION

n.[L.] 1. The act of rolling or winding together, or one thing on another; the state of being rolled together.
2. A winding or twisting; a winding motion; as the convolution of certain vines; the convolution of an eddy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVOLUTION

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. )

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

convolution

con vo lu tion |ˌkänvəˈlo͞oSHən ˌkɑnvəˈluʃən | ▶noun 1 (often convolutions ) a coil or twist, esp. one of many: crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions. • a thing that is complex and difficult to follow: the convolutions of farm policy. • a sinuous fold in the surface of the brain. • the state of being coiled or twisted, or the process of becoming so: the flexibility of the polymer chain allows extensive convolution. 2 (also convolution integral ) Mathematics a function derived from two given functions by integration that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other. • a method of determination of the sum of two random variables by integration or summation. DERIVATIVES con vo lu tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin convolutio (n- ), from convolvere ‘roll together ’ (see convolve ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

convolution

con |vo ¦lu ¦tion |ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a coil or twist: crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions. • [ mass noun ] the state of being or process of becoming coiled or twisted. 2 a thing that is complex and difficult to follow: the convolutions of farm policy. 3 a sinuous fold in the surface of the brain. 4 (also convolution integral ) Mathematics a function derived from two given functions by integration which expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other. • a method of determination of the sum of two random variables by integration or summation. DERIVATIVES convolutional adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin convolutio (n- ), from convolvere ‘roll together ’ (see convolve ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

convolution

convolution noun 1 crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions: twist, turn, coil, spiral, twirl, curl, helix, whorl, loop, curlicue; Architecture volute. 2 the convolutions of the plot: complexity, intricacy, complication, twist, turn, entanglement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

convolution

convolution noun 1 an elaborate tracery of convolutions and hatching: twist, turn, coil, spiral, twirl, curl, helix, whorl, loop, curlicue, kink, sinuosity; technical volute, volution, gyrus. 2 the convolutions of the plot: complexity, intricacy, complication, twist, turn, entanglement, contortion; involvement, tortuousness, convolutedness; rare involution.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

convolution

c ò n vo l ú tion 名詞 C ｟文 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗1 ｟非難して ｠(話の筋 説明 状況などの )複雑さ, 難解さ .2 (器具 装置 臓器 器官などの )渦巻き (状 ), 複雑にねじれ折れ曲がった状態, 回旋 (状態 ).