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Definition of convection noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

convection

noun
 
/kənˈvekʃn/
 
/kənˈvekʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the process in which heat moves through a gas or a liquid as the hotter part rises and the cooler, heavier part sinks
    • convection currents
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConvection is used before these nouns:
    • current
    • oven
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from late Latin convectio(n-), from Latin convehere, from con- ‘together’ + vehere ‘carry’.
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