convects
Moves warmth upward
Convects is the verb form of convect, meaning to transfer heat through the movement of fluid or air.
Hot air rises and cool air sinks, creating circulation: The radiator convects heat throughout the room.
The term appears mainly in scientific and technical contexts describing thermal dynamics.
Heat transfer through contact
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
isothermal · plumes · thermals · updraft · expansion · dissipation · equilibrium · gradient
Pertaining to warmth
- draftPreliminary version of text
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- windAir current outdoors
- gustBrief wind surge
jetstream · weather · cumulus · atmospheric · troposphere · monsoon · trade-winds
conduction
Heat transfer through contact
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
enthalpy · isothermal · plumes · thermals · updraft · expansion · dissipation · equilibrium · gradient · diffusion
thermal
Pertaining to warmth
gust · jetstream · weather · cumulus · atmospheric · troposphere · monsoon · trade-winds
airflow
Movement of atmosphere
- circulationMovement through a system
- eddyCircular counter-current
- vortexRotating fluid column
turbulence · swirl · current · streaming · churning · rising · sinking · cycling · mixing · flow
convectsconducts
Leads or carries out
radiates · conduction · radiation · irradiates · diffuses
- convection ovenAppliance circulating hot air
- natural convectionHeat transfer via buoyancy
- convection currentsHeat-caused fluid movement
- convection heaterDevice warming via circulation
- convection heatingWarmth via fluid motion
- convection microwaveAppliance combining radiation and circulating heat