convection
convection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- airy
- astatic
- balloon
- barm
- bubble
- buoy
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- cobweb
- cork
- down
- draft
- dust
- ether
- ethereal
- feather
- ferment
- float
- floating
- flue
- gossamer
- gossamery
- helium
- hot
- hydrogen
- imponderability
- imponderable
- imponderous
- leaven
- levity
- light
- lighten
- lighter
- lightness
- like
- mote
- portable
- render
- rise
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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