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Definition of convolution noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

convolution

noun

NAmE//ˌkɑnvəˈluʃn//

[usually plural] (formal)

1a thing that is very complicated and difficult to follow the bizarre convolutions of the story

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2a twist or curve, especially one of many the convolutions of the brain

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