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1. The movement in a gas or liquid in which the hotter parts move upward and the colder elements go down: The chemist explained that convection consists of "circulatory movements" that are related to the rising of the warmer, less dense particles; and the sinking of cooler, more dense particles.
2. Etymology: from Late Latin convectio which comes from convehere, "to carry, to bring together".
2. Etymology: from Late Latin convectio which comes from convehere, "to carry, to bring together".
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The vertical movement of a layer of water caused by changes in the temperature-salinity relationship resulting in it becoming heavier than the water below it: Thermohaline convection is a kind of hydrodynamic instability and arrises due to one layer becoming colder or more saline, or both, and thus more dense.
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halio-, hali-, halo-, hal-
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thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy
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The transfer of heat through a fluid, air, and other gases and liquids: Such motion or convection is usually in the form of currents, in which the hotter, less dense material rises to be replaced below by cooler, denser substances.
Convection is the vertical movement of energy or mass by circulating currents.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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