| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·vec·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-v k shn |
| NOUN: | 1. The act or process of conveying; transmission. 2. Physics a. Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another. b. Fluid motion caused by an external force such as gravity. 3. Meteorology The transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties by massive motion within the atmosphere, especially by such motion directed upward. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin convecti , convectin-, from convectus, past participle of convehere, to carry together : Latin com-, com- + Latin vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·vection·al —ADJECTIVE
con·vective —ADJECTIVE
con·vective·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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