convectiveadj.
/kənˈvɛktɪv/, U.S. /kənˈvɛktɪv/ 1. Having the property or power of conveying.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > conveying as a channel or medium
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convective1859
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 266/2 [The bronchial tubes] are merely convective passages.
1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 353 The convective force of a stream of water in washing away the less valuable minerals.
2. Of the nature of, or relating to convection.
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the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [adjective] > transmission of energy > of the nature of or carried by convection
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [adjective] > convection
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1862 W. Thomson in Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 392/1 There must be an approximate convective equilibrium of heat throughout the whole.
1876 S. Newcomb in N. Amer. Rev. CXXIII. 94 The latter is constantly cooling by radiation, and thus convective movements are established.
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