deconvolute
Reverse a convolution
To deconvolute is to separate intertwined elements, untangling something complex into its component parts.
The word appears primarily in technical contexts—in signal processing, deconvolution extracts an original signal from a corrupted or blurred version; in biochemistry, it separates overlapping spectral peaks.
More loosely, to deconvolute an argument or problem is to unravel its tangled threads: Let me deconvolute what's actually being claimed here.
Free from snarls
- extricateFree from entanglement
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- separateTo set apart
- unknotRemove a tangle
tease apart · unsnarl · unwind · unpick · sort out · detangle · work out · resolve
To make understood
- explainMake something understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
demystify · disambiguate · unpack · decode · decipher · clarification · exposition · exegesis
Finite problem-solving procedure
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- chromatographyTechnique separating mixtures by differential migration
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- separationState of being apart
peak · baseline · noise · wavelet · multivariate · calibration · artifact · interference
disentangle
Free from snarls
tease apart · unknot · unsnarl · unwind · unpick · sort out · detangle · work out · resolve · deconstruct
elucidate
To make understood
- explainMake something understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
interpret · demystify · disambiguate · unpack · decode · decipher · clarification · exposition · exegesis · gloss
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- chromatographyTechnique separating mixtures by differential migration
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
separation · peak · baseline · noise · wavelet · multivariate · calibration · artifact · interference · normalization