| Main Entry: | convolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, spiral |
Synonyms: |
coil, coiling, complexity, contortion, curlicue, flexing, gyration, helix, intricacy, involution, serpentine, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, swirl, tortuousness, twist, undulation, winding |
Antonyms: |
line, straightness |
| Concept: | [Complex curvature.] Convolution. |
| Category: | 2. Special form |
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-nouns
winding; convolution, involution, circumvolution; wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity; sinuosity, sinuation; meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages; torsion; inosculation; reticulation (crossing); rivulation; roughness., coil, roll, curl; buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle; tendril; scollop, scallop, escalop, pink; kink; ammonite, snakestone., serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth.
-verbs
be convoluted; wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crapek, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe (cross).
-adjectives
convoluted; winding, twisted; tortile, tortive; wavy; undated, undulatory; circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine; serpent, anguill, vermiform; vermicular; mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid; sigmoid, sigmoidal; spiriferous, spiroid., involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed; labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine; peristaltic; daedalian; kinky., wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled; raveled (in disorder)., spiral, coiled, helical; cocheleate, cochelous; screw-shaped; turbinated, turbiniform.
-adverbs
in and out, round and round.
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| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
Synonyms: |
bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind |
| Main Entry: | complexity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicatedness |
Synonyms: |
complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, multiplicity, ramification |
Antonyms: |
clarity, directness, ease, obvious, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | double thickness |
Synonyms: |
bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | labyrinth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maze, complexity |
Synonyms: |
coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, perplexity, problem, puzzle, riddle, skein, snarl, tangle, web |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
Synonyms: |
bend, circuit, circumference, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, knot, loophole, noose, ring, twirl, twist, whorl, wreath |
Antonyms: |
line |
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
Synonyms: |
bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, skein, snarl, tangle, torsion, twist, uncertainty, web, winding |
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, artery, chain, checkerboard, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross, fabric, fiber, grid, grill, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork, plexus, reticulation, reticule, screening, structure, system, tessellation, tracks, wattle, weave, web, wiring |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cylindrical object |
Synonyms: |
ball, barrel, bobbin, cartouche, coil, cone, convolution, cornucopia, cylinder, fold, reel, rundle, scroll, shell, spiral, spool, trundle, volute, wheel, whorl |