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Webster 1913 Edition
Convection
Con-vec′tion
,Noun.
[L.
convectio
, fr. convehere
to bring together; con-
+ vehere
to carry.] 1.
The act or process of conveying or transmitting.
2.
(Physics)
A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.
Liquids are generally heated by
convection
– when heat is applied from below. Nichol.
Definition 2024
convection
convection
English
Alternative forms
Noun
convection (countable and uncountable, plural convections)
- The process of conveying something.
- (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid or gas by the circulation of currents.
- (meteorology) The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
Coordinate terms
- (physics): conduction, radiation
Derived terms
Translations
process of conveying something
transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
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vertical movement of heat and moisture
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See also
References
- “convection” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).