convolve

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convolvere (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɒlv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɑlv/, /kənˈvɔlv/
• Hyphenation: con‧volve
• Rhymes: -ɒlv

Verb

convolve (third-person singular simple present convolves, present participle convolving, simple past and past participle convolved)

1. (transitive) To roll together, or one part on another
2. (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else
3. (computing) To compute the convolution function

Antonyms

• deconvolve

Derived terms

• convolvability
• convolvable
• convolver
• reconvolve
• unconvolved

Related terms

• convolute
• convoluted
• convolution

Translations

roll together

• Bulgarian: намотавам (bg) (namotavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷积 (juǎnjī)

• German: falten (de)
• Turkish: evriştirmek

Further reading

• “convolve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “convolve”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Italian

Verb

convolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

Latin

Verb

convolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolvō