01 n. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.
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The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.“O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats.” — Thomson.
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The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
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An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.(Anat.) See: Brain