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Definitions for Convection
[1] Physics . the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
[2] Meteorology . the vertical transport of atmospheric properties, especially upward (distinguished from advection).
[3] the act of conveying or transmitting.
[4] a process of heat transfer through a gas or liquid by bulk motion of hotter material into a cooler region Compare conduction (def. 1)
[5] meteorol the process by which masses of relatively warm air are raised into the atmosphere, often cooling and forming clouds, with compensatory downward movements of cooler air
[6] geology the slow circulation of subcrustal material, thought to be the mechanism by which tectonic plates are moved
Words related to Convection
deportation, transmission, relocation, removal, assignment, shift, move, displacement, variation, alteration, substitution, translation, transmittal, conduction, relegation, transference, transposition
Words nearby Convection
conv., convalesce, convalescence, convalescent, convect, convection, convection cell, convection oven, convection zone, convective activity, convective discharge
Origin of Convection
1615–25; < Late Latin convectiōn- (stem of convectiō ) a bringing together. See convect, -ion
Other words from Convection
con·vec·tion·al , adjective
Word origin for Convection
C19: from Late Latin convectiō a bringing together, from Latin convehere to bring together, gather, from vehere to bear, carry
Synonyms for Convection
deportation, relocation, removal, transmission, alteration, assignment, conduction, displacement, move, relegation, shift, substitution, transference, translation, transmittal, transposition, variation