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Convolution vs Aperture - What's the difference?

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Convolution is a related term of aperture.


As nouns the difference between convolution and aperture

is that convolution is something that is folded or twisted while aperture is an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

convolution

English

(convolution)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that is folded or twisted.
  • Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
  • The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
  • (mathematics) A form of moving average.
  • (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
  • aperture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
  • * Gilpin
  • an aperture between the mountains
  • * Owen
  • the back aperture of the nostrils
  • (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
  • (astronomy, photography) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens. e.g. a telescope may have a 100 cm aperture.
  • (spaceflight, communications) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array .
  • (mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
  • If the generatrix makes an angle ? to the axis, then the aperture is 2?.

    Usage notes

    The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture.

    Derived terms

    * aperture priority