convection current

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convection
noun[U]
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/kənˈvek.ʃən/us
/kənˈvek.ʃən/
the flow of heat through a gas or ...
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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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If the water were fresh, the low-density warm water would float to the surface, causing aconvectioncurrent.
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In addition to passive shutdown of the reactor, theconvectioncurrentgenerated in the primary coolant system will prevent fuel damage (core meltdown).
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Chilled panels cool the rising warm air, which then drops, creating a naturalconvectioncurrent.
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This sets up aconvectioncurrentof hot air that rises from the heater, heats up the surrounding space, cools and then repeats the cycle.
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There is a uniform upwards motion of the air due to aconvectioncurrentresulting from the gauze heating up the air.
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If positioned correctly a radiator will create an airconvectioncurrentin the room, which will provide the main heat transfer mechanism.
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This cooler fluid is then heated and the process continues, forming aconvectioncurrent; this process transfers heat energy from the bottom of the convection cell to top.
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Stellar convection consists of mass movement of plasma within the star which usually forms a circularconvectioncurrentwith the heated plasma ascending and the cooled plasma descending.
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Out of this hypothesis follow quantitative conclusions about hypothetical convection currents in the reversion layer (0.63 km/s upwards).
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Thirdly, the removal of smoke lets more of the sun's heat through the atmosphere, thus setting up convection currents and adding to the dispersion of pollutants.
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Lastly, the atrium and internal courtyard create natural convection currents that serve to ventilate the building all year long.
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Most heat from a domestic radiator is as convection currents of heated air.
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The large plates move very slowly, owing to convection currents within the mantle below the crust.
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In natural circulation steam boilers the circulation of water is by convection currents, which are set up during the heating of water.
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The bottom of the liquid begins to rise, and the top begins to sink - producing convection currents.
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It is lighter than air and triggers convection currents that can lead to clouds.
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They are natural convection currents and are caused by a difference in pressure and heat in the tropical and polar areas on the earth.
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Periodic overcharging creates gaseous reaction products at the plate, causing convection currents which mix the electrolyte and resolve the stratification.
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When convection currents play a part in transmitting heat across a building component, then thermal transmittance increases as the temperature difference increases.
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Even more striking were his discoveries of a remarkable five-minute oscillation in local surface velocities and of a super-granulation pattern of horizontal convection currents in large cells of moving material.
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