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convolutions

convolutions is the plural of convolution.

Meaning of convolution

Noun

convolution (countable and uncountable, plural convolutions)

  1. A twist or fold.
  2. Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
  3. The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
  4. The state or condition of being convoluted.
  5. (functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
    • 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.1934, Aurel Wintner
  6. A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.

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Questions about convolutions

What is convolutions the plural of?
Convolutions is the plural of convolution.

Words near convolutions in the dictionary

  1. convolutional
  2. convolutional neural network
  3. convolutional neural networks
  4. convolutionally
  5. convolutionless
  6. convolutions
  7. convolutive
  8. convolvability
  9. convolvable
  10. convolve
  11. convolved

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