English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

convection

noun

1 convection

The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.

Roget 320: levity; lightness etc. adj.; imponderability, buoyancy, volatility.    feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, ... show more

Roget 384: increase of temperature; heating etc. v.; calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction; melting, fusion; liquefaction etc. 335; burning etc. ... show more

Roget 270: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion, amotion; relegation; deportation, asportation; ... show more

Dutch: convectie
Polish: konwekcja

2 convection

meteorology The vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere.

Dutch: convectie


Moby thesaurus: communication, conduction, contagion, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, dissemination, export, exportation, expulsion, extradition, import, importation, interchange, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer ... show more.

Find more on convection elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0295