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con·vo·lu·tion

 (kŏn′və-lo͞o′shən)
n.
1. A form or part that is folded or coiled.
2. One of the convex folds of the surface of the brain.

con′vo·lu′tion·al adj.
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convolution

(ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃən)
n
1. a twisting together; a turn, twist, or coil
2. an intricate, involved, or confused matter or condition
3. (Anatomy) Also called: gyrus any of the numerous convex folds or ridges of the surface of the brain
ˌconvoˈlutional, ˌconvoˈlutionary adj
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con•vo•lu•tion

(ˌkɒn vəˈlu ʃən)

n.
1. a rolled up or coiled condition.
2. a rolling or coiling together.
3. a turn of anything coiled; whorl.
4. one of the sinuous folds or ridges of the surface of the brain.
[1535–45; < Latin]
con`vo•lu′tion•al, con`vo•lu′tion•ar•y (-ʃəˌnɛr i) adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.convolution - the shape of something rotating rapidlyconvolution - the shape of something rotating rapidly
round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
2.convolution - a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
frontal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum
temporal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum
parietal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum
occipital gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
cerebrum - anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
central gyrus - either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus
3.convolution - the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something
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convolution

noun twist, complexity, intricacy, contortion, winding, curl, loop, spiral, coil, coiling, helix, undulation, curlicue the size, shape and convolutions of the human brain
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Translations

convolution

[ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃən] Ncircunvolución f
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convolution

n usu pl (= coil)Windung f; (of plot)Verschlungenheit f no pl; (of style)Gewundenheit f no pl; (of theory)Kompliziertheit f
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convolution

[ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃən] n (frm) (curve) → circonvoluzione f (Art) → voluta (fig) (of argument) → involuzione f
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The convolution operation is performed between feature maps of the previous layer and convolution kernel of the current layer in addition with the activation function, which gives the results of convolution calculations.
They proposed a optimized cubic convolution kernel considering the loss in both spatial and frequency domains.
where [y.sub.i] is the output of the ith layer of the convolutional network, f (*) represents the activation function of the convolutional network, and [w.sub.i] is the weight of the ith convolution kernel.
In the convolution layer, the input data is convolved with a learning convolution kernel and the result of convolution forms the characteristic pattern of this layer.
The k-means clustering method is used to cluster out d filters as a convolution kernel from l = (n - k + 1) x (n - k + 1) patch.
In the CNN, the input data are a matrix or tensor with a 3D spatial structure, where (H, W), (H', W'), and (H", w") represent the size of the spatial dimension of input data, convolution kernel, and output data, respectively.
The 1x1 convolution kernel has a size of only 1x1, and it does not need to consider the relationship between pixels and surrounding pixels.
Deconvolution is the name of the process that restores the initial signal from the convolved signal with a known convolution kernel. Blind deconvolution is another term used to describe an ill-posed mathematical problem that tries to recover both signals (image and kernel) from just the corrupted signal.