(v. t.) To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
Example Sentences:
(1) To calculate dose in the presence of tissue and applicator heterogeneities, a computer code has been developed that describes scatter dose as a 3-D spatial integral which convolves primary photon fluence with a dose-spread array.
(2) In the present study, "compound" binomial distributions with variable probabilities were convolved with Gaussian distributions in computer experiments to simulate amplitude histograms of intracellular excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs).
(3) A sum of these model PSTHs from a hypothesized fibre population was convolved with an elemental unit response (Versnel et al., 1992) in order to simulate the compound action potential.
(4) The method convolves or deconvolves the CT image with an appropriate point spread function.
(5) Each scatter dose component was calculated using a differential scatter method, a kind of convolution method, where the primary water collision kerma distribution was convolved with a differential scatter-maximum ratio or differential backscatter factor equation.
(6) The electron distribution at a specific depth was obtained by convolving the upstream electron distribution with a kernel determined by the scattering parameters of the layer.
(7) It is shown that the Doppler spectrum is convolved with a scaled version of the Fourier transform of the two-way point spread function of the transducer.
(8) Slice sensitivity profiles are changed as a function of table feed d, measured in millimeters per 360-deg scan; they are smoothed as the original profile is convolved with the object motion function.
(9) These projections were convolved with realistic point spread functions and Poisson noise was added to simulate a wide range of imaging situations normalized to a fixed imaging time.
(10) The scatter fraction was computed from the convolved spectra in conjunction with a scatter-free reference spectrum.
(11) Energy spectra were recorded from 24 positions around the object and convolved with Gaussian functions to simulate data that would have been acquired with a scintillation camera.
(12) Three-dimensional dose distributions were calculated by convolving a rotationally symmetric, invariant kernel with weighting distributions.
(13) Making the assumption that the distribution of melatonin in sheep could be modeled as a time-invariant linear system, two simultaneous equations were developed in which the only two unknowns, the input function into the blood and into the ventricles, were convolved with weighting functions derived from the concentration profiles obtained following the injection of known quantities of melatonin into the jugular vein and into the lateral ventricle.
(14) To form the scatter image, we convolved the sample set with two different interpolating filters--a sinc function from classical sampling theory and a jinc function because the scatter function is radially symmetric.
(15) The number of EEG harmonics (n = 1, 2,..., 9) is identical with memory span, and the eigenvalues of the EEG impulse response are represented by the zero-crossings up to the convolved fundamental, the P300.
(16) The number of harmonics (n = 1, 2,...,9) is identical with memory span, and the eigenvalues of the EEG impulse response are represented by the zero-crossings up to the convolved fundamental, the P300.
(17) The echo signal obtained from a homogenous and isotropically scattering medium can be described as a Poisson time series which is convolved with the transmission pulse of the transducer.
(18) This pattern is convolved with a difference-of-Gaussians function whose bandwidth varies with frequency in the same way as the auditory filter bandwidth.
(19) An energy resolution of the system is simulated by convolving the energy imparted with an energy-dependent Gaussian function.
(20) The reflected waveform sequence is then generated by summing the annular contributions and convolving with a band-limited pulse waveform.
Revolve
Definition:
(v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
(v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
(v. i.) To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
(v. i.) To return; to pass.
(v. t.) To cause to turn, as on an axis.
(v. t.) Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Passage" is defined as one revolving trial without a pause over a fixed time (criterion time) and used as a behavioral unit of "stop and go".
(2) How many would have foreseen a national conversation – in public and in private – that revolves around the three Rs: renovation, recipes and resorts?
(3) Recurrent heroin detoxification, or the "revolving-door" process, is the treatment of choice for many addicts.
(4) How can she be so self-avowedly hip (Revolver, reefer) and yet so naive (swinging)?
(5) The current controversies revolving around the fetal treatment of hydrocephalus and obstructive uropathies (posterior urethral valves, prune belly syndrome, hydronephrosis) are compared and contrasted with the remarkably similar controversies that raged when fetal transfusions were first introduced.
(6) Reasons for deciding on vasectomy were varied, but generally revolved around the absolute effectiveness of the procedure and the need to unburden the wife of contraceptive responsibility.
(7) It is also the case that most of the aspects of movie-making – writing, production, direction, and so on – are dominated by men, and so it is not a surprise that the stories we see are those that tend to revolve around men," Amy Bleakley, the study's lead author, said in an email.
(8) Using data from a study of community mental health center inpatient utilization patterns, the authors demonstrate that centers face the problem of becoming revolving doors (for a recidivist population).
(9) Twelve hours ago Catton was a promising young writer, with two mostly well-received novels under her belt (the first, The Rehearsal , revolved around the figures on the periphery of a school sexual scandal).
(10) Many of us have become inured to shock at the revolving door between politicians, the civil service, high-ranking military personnel and the arms trade.
(11) The revolving door population comprised 1,397 patients with an incidence rate of 0.42 males and 0.32 females per 1,000.
(12) The plot revolved around the death of a mentally disturbed pizza delivery man who ends up killing himself in a robbery.
(13) Before Tuesday, the biggest news revolved around the Minnesota Timberwolves shopping around forward Kevin Love.
(14) From Boko Haram to the instability of the oil-producing Niger Delta, the political fight between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and the lead opposition candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, revolves around who will ensure peace and stability.
(15) Hackney council's planning department is quick to hand out permission to large developers with ambitious high-rise plans, and rumours circulate among planning consultants and architects about the supposed revolving door between jobs in planning and developers' offices.
(16) At this time, the etiology of this disease process is unknown, but a likely explanation revolves around replacement of damaged epithelium by cells which undergo anaplasia due to repeated trauma.
(17) However, there are still unanswered questions revolving around the administration of the treatment such as optimal timing, treatment duration, specific drugs, and dose intensity.
(18) Could it be a happy coincidence?” Assange spoke of revolving doors and unkept promises.
(19) Best gadget: "Revolving number plates, naturally"; making the Aston Martin valid for Britain, France and Switzerland.
(20) Behind the sedately revolving capsules of the London Eye, plucky local resident George Turner has been holding another gargantuan development machine to account in a David-and-Goliath planning battle that reached the High Court.