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Convolution vs Coiling - What's the difference?

convolution | coiling | Synonyms |

Convolution is a synonym of coiling.


As nouns the difference between convolution and coiling

is that convolution is something that is folded or twisted while coiling is the pattern or motion of something that coils.

As a verb coiling is

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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.

    • Related terms

    * convolve * convolute * convoluted

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    coiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pattern or motion of something that coils.
  • * (Herman Melville), The Encantadas
    • Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"