Feminine

Faltung

Meaning

  1. (feminine) folding
  2. (feminine) convolution

Synonyms

Konvolution

Zusammenrollung

Zusammenwicklung

Falzung

Faltmanöver

Etymology

In summary

falten + -ung. Compare Old High German falzunga (“connection, juncture, joint”), German Falzung. The mathematical sense was coined in 1923 by Gustav Doetsch.

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