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noun

Convection n.

The act or process of conveying or transmitting.

(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."

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Etymology of 'Convection'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Convection" Quotes from Famous Books

... as both good of their kind, and perfectly admissible modes of applying heat to the human frame. I have adhered to this plan throughout, because, even supposing that it were shown conclusively to-morrow, that the principle of heating by convection is absolutely wrong, baths of this type would, owing to the slow march of improvement in this country, still be built and require to be planned. Moreover, it has been in the past, and still is, the generally accepted idea that the Turkish bath is a ...

— The Turkish Bath - Its Design and Construction • Robert Owen Allsop

Words linked to "Convection" : convect, activity, natural action