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poimu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • convolution noun A twist or fold.
  • fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  • warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

poimu is used for these senses in English:

  • convolution A twist or fold.
  • convolution (mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
  • fold (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
  • ruga (anatomy, zootomy, botany, usually, in the plural) A fold, crease or wrinkle.

convolution — full definition

  1. noun A twist or fold.
  2. noun Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
  3. noun The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
  4. noun The state or condition of being convoluted.

fold — full definition

  1. verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  2. verb To stop or withdraw, especially from a card game bet or a failing business.
  3. noun A crease or bend made by folding.
  4. noun A fenced enclosure for keeping sheep, or, figuratively, a group united by shared belief or purpose.

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