convection
noun/kənˈvekʃn/
/kənˈvekʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)- 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
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from late Latin convectio(n-), from Latin convehere, from con- ‘together’ + vehere ‘carry’.Definitions on the go
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