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convolve

verb
/kənˈvɒlv/UK/kənˈvɑlv/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvōbor. English convolve Borrowed from Latin convolvere (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

  1. borrowed from convolvō — “roll together”

Definitions

  1. To roll together, or one part on another

  2. To form the convolution of something with something else

  3. To compute the convolution function

The neighborhood

Derived

convolvability, convolvable, convolver, reconvolve, unconvolved

Vish — recursive loop

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