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Convection
Convection Con*vec"tion, n. [L. convectio, fr. convehere to
bring together; con- + vehere to carry.]
1. The act or process of conveying or transmitting.
2. (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 bellow. --Nichol.
Meaning of Convection from wikipedia
- the
cause of the
convection is unspecified,
convection due to the
effects of
thermal expansion and
buoyancy can be ****umed.
Convection may also take place...
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Convection (or
convective heat transfer) is the
transfer of heat from one
place to
another due to the
movement of fluid.
Although often discussed as a...
- A
convection oven (also
known as a fan-****isted oven,
turbo broiler or
simply a fan oven or turbo) is an oven that has fans to
circulate air
around food...
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Mantle convection is the very slow
creep of Earth's
solid silicate mantle as
convection currents carry heat from the
interior to the planet's surface....
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Atmospheric convection is the
vertical transport of heat and
moisture in the atmosphere. It
occurs when warmer, less
dense air rises,
while cooler, denser...
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Forced convection is a mechanism, or type of transport, in
which fluid motion is
generated by an
external source (like a pump, fan,
suction device, etc...
- In
fluid thermodynamics, Rayleigh–Bénard
convection is a type of
natural convection,
occurring in a
planar horizontal layer of
fluid heated from below...
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Convective overshoot is a
phenomenon of
convection carrying material beyond an
unstable region of the
atmosphere into a stratified,
stable region. Overshoot...
- In
fluid dynamics, a
convection cell is the
phenomenon that
occurs when
density differences exist within a body of
liquid or gas.
These density differences...
- why this
phenomenon occurs? More
unsolved problems in
physics Granular convection is a
phenomenon where granular material subjected to
shaking or vibration...
