English Dictionary

convection

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈvɛkʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete) The process of conveying something. / (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.

日本語の意味

（古い用法）物やエネルギーを伝達する過程 / （物理学）流体の流れによる熱の伝達現象、すなわち対流

The town's prosperity owed much to the steady convection of grain along the river.

町の繁栄は、川沿いに穀物が着実に運搬されたことに大きく依存していた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The process of conveying something.

意味（2）

(physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.

意味（3）

(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.

convections （ plural ）