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Word entry · 10 letters

convection

Best crossword clue

"Heat flow"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /kənˈvɛkʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cceinnootvStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3N4V5E6C7T8I9O10N

Definitions

  1. Transfer of heat through moving liquid or gas.

Word origin

From Latin convectiōnem, from convectiō (“act of carrying”), from convect-, past participle stem of convehō (“to carry together”), combination of com- and vehō. By surface analysis, convect + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.

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