convection
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Noun
- The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion
- (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
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| 2 | conventional | 4 | 51 |
| 3 | conviction | 3 | 50 |
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| 20 | convective | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
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📰 This Word in the News:
Scaling regimes in rapidly rotating thermal convection at extreme Rayleigh numbers
Apr 4, 2024 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Apr 4, 2024 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
The Contribution of Convection to the Stratospheric Water Vapor: The First Budget Using a Global Storm-Resolving Model
Feb 21, 2022 AGU Publications
Feb 21, 2022 AGU Publications
Large aspect ratio Rayleigh–Bénard convection perturbed by a floating immersed body
Nov 5, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Nov 5, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment

