Convection
noun
The movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the colder parts move down.
Heating the room by natural convection
Often appears as...
- natural convection
- forced convection
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Technical
noun
The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.
Convection is the primary form of heat transfer in liquid.
Often appears as...
- heat convection
- convection process
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Academic
noun
A mode of heat transfer by actual physical movement.
The use of fans enhances the convection process for cooling equipments.
Often appears as...
- forced convection
- enhanced convection
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Technical
noun
The movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the colder parts move down.
Heating the room by natural convection
Often appears as...
- natural convection
- forced convection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.
Convection is the primary form of heat transfer in liquid.
Often appears as...
- heat convection
- convection process
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A mode of heat transfer by actual physical movement.
The use of fans enhances the convection process for cooling equipments.
Often appears as...
- forced convection
- enhanced convection
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Convection typically describes natural heat movement, without mechanical aid.
The lake water circulates due to convection.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Explanation
Convection explains certain weather patterns, like wind and cloud formation.
Convection causes the formation of thunderclouds.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Context
Convection is used to explain the functioning of heaters and ovens.
Our convection oven cooks food evenly.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Convection typically describes natural heat movement, without mechanical aid.
The lake water circulates due to convection.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Explanation
Convection explains certain weather patterns, like wind and cloud formation.
Convection causes the formation of thunderclouds.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Context
Convection is used to explain the functioning of heaters and ovens.
Our convection oven cooks food evenly.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Convection typically describes natural heat movement, without mechanical aid.
The lake water circulates due to convection.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Explanation
Convection explains certain weather patterns, like wind and cloud formation.
Convection causes the formation of thunderclouds.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Context
Convection is used to explain the functioning of heaters and ovens.
Our convection oven cooks food evenly.
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The Pangaea Pop-up -...
The speed and direction in which these tectonic plates move depends on the temperature and pressure of the asthenosphere below. Scientists are still trying to nail down the driving forces behind this movement, with some theories pointing towards mantle convection, while others are examining the influence of the Earth's rotation
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Mars Up Close, Part 4:...
that is the convection of metallic stuff in the interior of the planet that generates a magnetic field like our own protective magnetic field, which is really key for protecting an atmosphere and preventing it from being ionized away by the galactic cosmic rays and the solar energetic particles
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Charles Anderson...
maximum opportunities for reproduction. Not only that, because you have this convection, you have this rising of the air where it's hot, air is drawn in. There's a convergence. So, wherever the rain is falling, the air is drawn towards it to replace the air that's rising.
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Surrounded by Fire PIPE...
little fires and the main flaming front is coming from behind and you can see how windy it gets that's when that the fire column is making just through convection so there's so much heat goes up so quickly air has to come in and replace it so that's what that wind is
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A guide to the energy of...
driving certain systems, like our weather and climate. Sunlight warms the surface and atmosphere in varying amounts, and this causes convection, producing winds and influencing ocean currents. Infrared radiation, radiating out from the warmed surface of the Earth,
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Understanding...
and cooler on the top it'll convect and so you get these patterns of circulation where the stuff goes up and then falls back down and that pushes on the crust the force is produced by the convection currents on the solid crust is enormous
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Bran Ferren: To create...
used five rings of coffers, each of diminishing size, which imparts a dramatic forced perspective to the design. It was wonderfully cool inside because of its huge thermal mass, natural convection of air rising up through the oculus,
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The Northern Lights...
down below my feet actually below your feet now is the Earth's outer core which is a seething mass of molten iron convection currents caused the molten iron to rise then the Earth's rotation
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How did clouds get their...
as everything else on Earth. Clouds, for example, do not float, but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground,
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When Magma Meets Water PIPE...
this is remarkable you can see the fabulous convection in there I'm constantly seduced by the intensity of
Video examples
The Pangaea Pop-up -...
The speed and direction in which these tectonic plates move depends on the temperature and pressure of the asthenosphere below. Scientists are still trying to nail down the driving forces behind this movement, with some theories pointing towards mantle convection, while others are examining the influence of the Earth's rotation
Video examples
Mars Up Close, Part 4:...
that is the convection of metallic stuff in the interior of the planet that generates a magnetic field like our own protective magnetic field, which is really key for protecting an atmosphere and preventing it from being ionized away by the galactic cosmic rays and the solar energetic particles
Video examples
Charles Anderson...
maximum opportunities for reproduction. Not only that, because you have this convection, you have this rising of the air where it's hot, air is drawn in. There's a convergence. So, wherever the rain is falling, the air is drawn towards it to replace the air that's rising.
Video examples
Surrounded by Fire PIPE...
little fires and the main flaming front is coming from behind and you can see how windy it gets that's when that the fire column is making just through convection so there's so much heat goes up so quickly air has to come in and replace it so that's what that wind is
Video examples
A guide to the energy of...
driving certain systems, like our weather and climate. Sunlight warms the surface and atmosphere in varying amounts, and this causes convection, producing winds and influencing ocean currents. Infrared radiation, radiating out from the warmed surface of the Earth,
Video examples
Understanding...
and cooler on the top it'll convect and so you get these patterns of circulation where the stuff goes up and then falls back down and that pushes on the crust the force is produced by the convection currents on the solid crust is enormous
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
used five rings of coffers, each of diminishing size, which imparts a dramatic forced perspective to the design. It was wonderfully cool inside because of its huge thermal mass, natural convection of air rising up through the oculus,
Video examples
The Northern Lights...
down below my feet actually below your feet now is the Earth's outer core which is a seething mass of molten iron convection currents caused the molten iron to rise then the Earth's rotation
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
as everything else on Earth. Clouds, for example, do not float, but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground,
Video examples
When Magma Meets Water PIPE...
this is remarkable you can see the fabulous convection in there I'm constantly seduced by the intensity of
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake.
Quote examples
Tom Douglas
American Chef
It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake.
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