convection
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin convectiōnem, from convectiō (“act of carrying”), from convect-, past participle stem of convehō (“to carry together”), combination of com- and vehō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconvection (countable and uncountable, plural convections)
- (obsolete) The process of conveying something.
- (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.
- 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.
- (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
edit- (physics): conduction, radiation
Derived terms
edit- autoconvection
- bioconvection
- convectional
- convectionary
- convection cell
- convection microwave
- convection microwave oven
- convection oven
- electroconvection
- forced convection
- free convection
- gravitational convection
- magnetoconvection
- microconvection
- natural convection
- photoconvection
- pyroconvection
- Rayleigh-Bénard convection
- semiconvection
- thermoconvection
- trivection
Related terms
editTranslations
editprocess of conveying something
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transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
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vertical movement of heat and moisture
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References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “convection”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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