convolution
/kˈɑnvəluʃən/
convolution
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Noun
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Definition
A twist or fold.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convolutus (“to roll together”), past participle of convolvere, from con- + volvere (“to roll”), with the suffix -tion. Equivalent to convolute + -ion. The mathematical sense is a semantic calque from Faltung.
Example Sentences
- "1934, Aurel Wintner, The proper method in dealing with distribution functions and their convolutions (“Faltungen”) is the method of Fourier transforms, first applied systematically by Levy in his book on the calculus of probability."
- "Linear convolution is one of the most frequent computations carried out in digital signal processing (DSP)."
- "In Chapter 11 we considered H-convolutions of generalized H-transforms. These convolutions are bilinear, commutative and associative operations[…]."
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