Bible Dictionaries
Convolution

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

(3):

(n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Convolution'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/convolution.html. 1828.