different between convolute vs convolve

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convol?tum, past participle of convolvere (“to roll together”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nv??lu?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??nv??lu?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

convolute (third-person singular simple present convolutes, present participle convoluting, simple past and past participle convoluted)

1. (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
2. (transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:convolute.

Derived terms

• convoluted

Related terms

• convolution
• convolve

Adjective

convolute (comparative more convolute, superlative most convolute)

1. Convoluted.
2. (botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate.)

Latin

Participle

convol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of convol?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convolvere, present active infinitive of convolv? (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volv? (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?lv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?lv/
• Hyphenation: con?volve

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

Related terms

• convolute
• convoluted
• convolution

Translations

Further reading

• convolve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• convolve in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

convolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

Latin

Verb

convolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolv?