convolution
/ˌkɑnvəˈluʃən/
noun
- A complex, intricate, or involved aspect or situation.
- Her explanation was full of unnecessary convolutions that only confused the audience.
- We tried to simplify the process, but the convolutions of the tax code made it impossible.
- The plot of the movie had so many convolutions that I lost track of the story.
- A coil or twist, especially one of many in a folded or twisted structure.
- The artist captured the delicate convolutions of the seashell in her drawing.
- The brain's surface is covered with convolutions that increase its surface area.
- The convolutions of the intestines help absorb nutrients more efficiently.
- A mathematical operation that combines two functions to produce a third, used in signal processing and image analysis.
- Students in the class learned how to compute the convolution of two simple functions.
- In image processing, a convolution can blur or sharpen a picture.
- The engineer used a convolution to filter noise from the audio signal.
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