Convolution
[,kɒnvə'luːʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑnvə'luʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the action of coiling or twisting or winding together.
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.
(n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
(n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rolling together.[2]. Coil, fold, BIGHT.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Coil, involution, implication, spiral, twist, contortion
ANT:Unravelling, explication, evolution, enucleation
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Examples
- It was found disadvantageous to have an entire convolution of the thread of the screw; for one part of it worked in the wake of the other, and resistance was produced by the backwater. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It consisted of a single convolution of a three-threaded screw, and may be considered to be the first screw propeller invented. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Archimedes was originally fitted with a single-threaded screw, the threads of which were 8 feet apart, and there were two convolutions of the screw round the shaft. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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