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How to pronounce convection
IPA transcription: [kən'vɛkʃən]
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Noun
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the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion
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(meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
Usage examples
- There is convection in the magma chamber.
- This motion is called convection, it orders the stratification by gravitation.
- There is convection in the magma chamber.
- Growth occurs by a diffusion-reaction process, assisted by convection.
- There is convection in the magma chamber.
- Most the rainfall in the south-west is caused by Atlantic depressions or by convection.
- There is convection in the magma chamber.
- By contrast the ocean is heated from above, which tends to suppress convection.
- There is convection in the magma chamber.
- There is convection in the magma chamber.