ALL meanings of convection
con·vec·tion
C c - uncountable noun convection Convection is the process by which heat travels through air, water, and other gases and liquids. 3
- noun convection a process of heat transfer through a gas or liquid by bulk motion of hotter material into a cooler region 3
- noun convection 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 3
- noun convection the slow circulation of subcrustal material, thought to be the mechanism by which tectonic plates are moved 3
- noun convection a transmitting or conveying 3
- noun convection the mass movement of parts of a fluid within the fluid because of differences in the density of different parts 3
- noun convection the transfer of heat by its absorption by a fluid at one point followed by motion of the fluid and rejection of the heat at another point 3
- noun convection Convection is the flow of heat by the movement of a warmed gas. 3
- noun convection The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. 1
- noun convection physics: heat transfer 1
- noun convection Physics. the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas. 1
- noun convection Meteorology. the vertical transport of atmospheric properties, especially upward (distinguished from advection). 1
- noun convection the act of conveying or transmitting. 1
- noun convection The process of conveying something. 0
- noun convection (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid or gas by the circulation of currents. 0
- noun convection (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. 0