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convective
Variant of convection
noun
- a transmitting or conveying
- the mass movement of parts of a fluid within the fluid because of differences in the density of different parts
- the transfer of heat by its absorption by a fluid at one point followed by motion of the fluid and rejection of the heat at another point
Related Forms:
- convectional adjective
- convective adjective
- convectively adverb
- convector noun
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