Concept information
Preferred term
Convection
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Scope note
- Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed)
History note
- 95
In other languages
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Finnish
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convectio
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konvektio
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018481
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