different between convolution vs fasciola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convolutus (“to roll together”), past participle of convolvere, from con- + volvere (“to roll”), with the suffix -tion. Equivalent to convolute +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u???n

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. State or condition of being convoluted.
5. (mathematics) A form of moving average.
6. (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
7. One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix. A keyring contains 2 convolutions.

Related terms

• convolve
• convolute
• convoluted

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Formed from Latin convolutus, with the suffix -tion.

Pronunciation

Noun

convolution f (plural convolutions)

1. convolution

Further reading

• “convolution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasciola.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??si?.?l.?/, /f??sa?.?l.?/

Noun

fasciola (plural fasciolae)

1. (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
   • 1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics

     The last-named portion is shaded with lines to indicate that it retreats; it embraces parts of the fasciola and lyra

References

fasciola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Etymology

From fascia (“band, bandage, swathe”) +? -ola (feminine diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fas?ki.o.la/, [fäs??ki???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa??i.o.la/, [f???i??l?]

Noun

fasciola f (genitive fasciolae); first declension

1. A small bandage of the legs.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• fascia
• fascis

Descendants

• Translingual: Fasciola
• English: fasciole
• English: fasciola
• French: fasciole
• Italian: fasciola
• Portuguese: fascíola
• Romanian: fâ?ioar?

References

• fasciola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fasciola in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fasciola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fasciola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette