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convection

/kənˈvekʃn/noun

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    [U] physics

    the process in which heat moves through a gas or a liquid as the hotter part rises and the cooler, heavier part sinks

    संवहन

    • Water in a pot is heated by convection.
    • convection currents in the atmosphere
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Heat travels in three ways, conduction through solids, convection through liquids and gases, and radiation, which needs no medium.

ऊष्मा तीन तरीकों से चलती है: ठोस में चालन (conduction), द्रव और गैस में संवहन (convection), और विकिरण (radiation), जिसे किसी माध्यम की आवश्यकता नहीं होती।

Sea breezes and land breezes are caused by convection currents.

समुद्री समीर और स्थलीय समीर संवहन धाराओं के कारण चलते हैं।