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Meaning:

Noun:

  • meteorology The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
  • physics The transmission of heat in a fluid or gas by the circulation of currents.
  • The process of conveying something.

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