Convection

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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              Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when
              heat is applied from below.           --Nichol.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "convection":
     communication, conduction, contagion, delivery, deportation,
     diapedesis, diffusion, dissemination, export, exportation,
     expulsion, extradition, import, importation, interchange,
     metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer,
     osmosis, passage, passing over, perfusion, spread, spreading,
     transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference,
     transfusion, transit, transition, translation, translocation,
     transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal,
     transmittance, transplacement, transplantation, transposal,
     transposition, travel