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Convolution n.

The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. "O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats."

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.

(Anat.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

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"Convolution" Quotes from Famous Books

... Sir Baldwin, will enable you readily to diagnose my symptoms. Owing to the passage of a bullet along a portion of the third left frontal into the postero-parietal convolution—upon which, from its lodgment in the skull, it continues to press—hemiplegia of the right side has supervened. Aphasia is ...

— The Hand Of Fu-Manchu - Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer

... from the sky, where it had waited. Almost, it seemed to skim the scarlet floor of the platform and to scoop up its owner, for none saw Apleon lift a foot to step into it, yet the next moment he was soaring away seated within the upper convolution of the ...

— The Mark of the Beast • Sidney Watson

Words linked to "Convolution" : cerebrum, gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolute, change of shape, frontal gyrus, central gyrus, bodily structure, convolution of Broca, structure, round shape