upflow

Movement traveling upward

Upflow is movement in an upward direction, especially of liquids, gases, or air currents.

The term appears in technical contexts describing ventilation systems, geological processes, or fluid dynamics: The upflow of warm air through the chimney creates a draft.

As a verb, to upflow is to move or flow upward: Groundwater upflows through porous rock.

geological

magma

Molten rock underground

molten · rock · hotspot · convection · asthenosphere · eruption · lava · geothermal · upwelling · core

thermal

convection

Heat transfer via motion

  • heatTransferred thermal energy
  • warmModerately heated, or friendly
  • airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth

chimney · draft · plume · rising · thermal · column · ventilation · stack · buoyancy · updraft

hydraulic

rising

Act of ascending

pump · discharge · velocity · pressure · channel · conduit · rate · gradient · circulation · inlet

economic

capital

Wealth used for investment

redistribution · mobility · prosperity · growth · income · assets · resources · funds · money · economic

spiritual

energy

Power to do work

rising · meditation · prana · qi · life force · awakening · consciousness · channel · meridian · subtle

Opposites
vertical direction of movement

upflowdownflow

Descending fluid movement

downwelling · downcurrent · sinking · downdraft · descent

Family

upflowing, upflows

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