Convolution
noun
A complex or difficult to understand situation or state of affairs.
Their love story is filled with convolutions and unexpected turns.
Often appears as...
- convolution of events
- series of convolution
noun
A twist or bend in something.
He noticed the convolution of the snake's body as it moved.
Often appears as...
- convolution of ribbon
- convolution of highway
noun
An operation in mathematics that expresses how the shape of one function is modified by another.
Convolution is a key operation in signal processing and analysis.
Often appears as...
- convolution theorem
- convolution of functions
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Formal
Technical
noun
A form or shape that is folded in curved patterns.
The convolutions in the brain are part of its structural complexity.
Often appears as...
- cerebral convolution
- cortical convolution
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Formal
Academic
noun
A complex or difficult to understand situation or state of affairs.
Their love story is filled with convolutions and unexpected turns.
Often appears as...
- convolution of events
- series of convolution
noun
A twist or bend in something.
He noticed the convolution of the snake's body as it moved.
Often appears as...
- convolution of ribbon
- convolution of highway
noun
An operation in mathematics that expresses how the shape of one function is modified by another.
Convolution is a key operation in signal processing and analysis.
Often appears as...
- convolution theorem
- convolution of functions
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A form or shape that is folded in curved patterns.
The convolutions in the brain are part of its structural complexity.
Often appears as...
- cerebral convolution
- cortical convolution
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Confusing Scenarios
Use 'convolution' to describe situations that are complex and difficult to unravel.
The plot of the novel has many convolutions that make it a challenging read.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Developments
'Convolution' often implies surprising changes or developments in a scenario.
The sudden convolution in the storyline left the audience in shock.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The term 'convolution' doesn't express a positive or negative judgment, just complexity.
Despite the convolutions of the case, the detective remained optimistic.
Pro Tip 1/3Confusing Scenarios
Use 'convolution' to describe situations that are complex and difficult to unravel.
The plot of the novel has many convolutions that make it a challenging read.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Developments
'Convolution' often implies surprising changes or developments in a scenario.
The sudden convolution in the storyline left the audience in shock.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The term 'convolution' doesn't express a positive or negative judgment, just complexity.
Despite the convolutions of the case, the detective remained optimistic.
Pro Tip 1/3Confusing Scenarios
Use 'convolution' to describe situations that are complex and difficult to unravel.
The plot of the novel has many convolutions that make it a challenging read.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Developments
'Convolution' often implies surprising changes or developments in a scenario.
The sudden convolution in the storyline left the audience in shock.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The term 'convolution' doesn't express a positive or negative judgment, just complexity.
Despite the convolutions of the case, the detective remained optimistic.
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Video examples
Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
and it's still a thin structure. It's about the thickness of a table napkin. But it has so many convolutions and ridges it's now 80 percent of our brain, and that's where we do our thinking, and it's the great sublimator. We still have that old brain that provides our basic drives and motivations,
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Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
and it's still a thin structure. It's about the thickness of a table napkin. But it has so many convolutions and ridges it's now 80 percent of our brain, and that's where we do our thinking, and it's the great sublimator. We still have that old brain that provides our basic drives and motivations,
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Quote examples
Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
I am much less concerned with whatever it is technology may be doing to people that what people are choosing to do to one another through technology. Facebook's reduction of people to predictively modeled profiles and investment banking's convolution of the marketplace into an algorithmic battleground were not the choices of machines.
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Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
Every device there is in language is there to be used, if you will. Poets have got to enjoy themselves sometimes, and the twistings and convolutions of words, the inventions and contrivances, are all part of the joy that is part of the painful, voluntary work.
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Paul Singer
American Businessman
Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system.
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Carson McCullers
American Novelist
The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.
Quote examples
Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
I am much less concerned with whatever it is technology may be doing to people that what people are choosing to do to one another through technology. Facebook's reduction of people to predictively modeled profiles and investment banking's convolution of the marketplace into an algorithmic battleground were not the choices of machines.
Quote examples
Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
Every device there is in language is there to be used, if you will. Poets have got to enjoy themselves sometimes, and the twistings and convolutions of words, the inventions and contrivances, are all part of the joy that is part of the painful, voluntary work.
Quote examples
Paul Singer
American Businessman
Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system.
Quote examples
Carson McCullers
American Novelist
The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.
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