convolution

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONVOLUTION, noun [Latin] 1. The act of rolling or winding together, or one thing on another; the state of being rolled together. 2. A winding or twisting; a winding motion; as the convolution of certain vines; the convolution of an eddy.
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