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convection |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convection \Con*vec"tion\, n. [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 bellow. --Nichol. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convection n 1: the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion 2: (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
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