Synonyms for convection
kənˈvɛk ʃəncon·vec·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. convectionnoun

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

2. convectionnoun

   (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere

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1. • Meteorology
   • Natural Process
   • Temperature Change

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1. Mysteries Coltice:

   Convection models were good for the mantle, but not plates, and plate tectonics was good for plates but not the mantle, and the whole story behind the evolution of the system is the feedback between the two.

2. Michael Wong:

   Scientists track lightning because it is a marker of convection, the turbulent mixing process that transports Jupiter's internal heat up to the visible cloud tops, ongoing studies of lightning sources will help us understand how convection on Jupiter is different from or similar to convection in the Earth's atmosphere.

3. Bowen Pan:

   The southern edge of the Saharan dust outbreak is associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), where 70% of the hurricanes are generated from that region. So if there's a Saharan dust outbreak, there's more likely going to be a greater temperature contrast between the Saharan desert and the Sahel region that will increase the convection activity in the ITCZ.

4. Diana Francis:

   Melting ice in the Arctic is reducing the temperature created between the polar region and mid latitudes and this makes the weather systems move slowly over our region, convection [ leading to storms ] now can occur over several days whereas before, without climate change, it would have occurred over several hours and moved on.

5. David Robinson:

   When dust veils like this occur, they tend to put a lid on atmospheric convection over areas favorable for tropical storm development, add to this the impact of the El Nio, which favors stronger-than-average winds across the Atlantic basin-- which tend to shear apart any rising motion -- and you have a recipe for a below-average hurricane season.