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Nov 30, 2009
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con•vec•tion



Pronunciation: (kun-vek'shun), [key]
n.
1. Physics.the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
2. Meteorol.the vertical transport of atmospheric properties, esp. upward (distinguished from advection).
3. the act of conveying or transmitting.

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