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convection

heat transfer due to the bulk movement of molecules within fluids
Class type of: physical phenomenon, energy source Q160329

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
physical phenomenon, energy source
Described by source
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[4][5][6]
Has effect
heat transfer[7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Fluid dynamics[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]
Said to be the same as
Vection[3]
Studied by
thermodynamics[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en convection ar انتقال الحرارة بخاصية الحمل ar حمل cs tepelná konvekce cs termická konvekce cs tepelná výměna prouděním cs šíření tepla prouděním cs tepelné proudění cs konvekce tepla cs proudění tepla da konvektion de Konvektive Vorgänge de Konvektionszelle de Konvektiv de Konvektionswärme de Konvektionsprinzip de Wärmeströmung de Wärmemitführung de Thermische Konvektion el Συναγωγή θερμότητας
🔖 Identifiers · 36
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85059761
GND ID
4117572-4
OpenAlex ID
C10899652, C2992168372
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Convection.gif ↗
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/4404
BNCF Thesaurus ID
73459
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
natuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/convectie
De Agostini ID
convezióne
Dewey Decimal Classification
536.25, 621.40225
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/convection
Freebase ID
/m/0csfv
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
konveksjonsstrøm_-_fysikk
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2088243
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
teplovaia-konvektsiia-1b7273
IEV number
113-04-34
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
convective-flow
Lex ID
konvektion
MeSH descriptor ID
D018481
MeSH tree code
G01.906.230
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
10899652
NDL Authority ID
00572556
NL CR AUT ID
ph135391
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553273705171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
919592
Open Library subject ID
convection
PSH ID
3211
Quora topic ID
Convection
Topic's main category
Category:Convection
Treccani ID
convezione
Treccani Vocabulary ID
convezione
Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID
convezione
UMLS CUI
C0242689
Vikidia article ID
fr:Convection
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
13473787-n, 13473923-n
YSO ID
948
Yale LUX ID
concept/5485bde7-7b42-4557-a942-852f274de5f0

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🔗 Connections
← Uses 5
air fryer, lava lamp, solar updraft tower, convection oven, solar chimney
Subtypes 3
thermal, atmospheric convection, convective heat transfer
Belongs to 2
heat transfer, chimney effect
Subclass of 2
energy source, physical phenomenon
Examples 1
mantle convection
Has effect 1
heat transfer
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Studied by 1
thermodynamics
Topic's main category 1
Category:Convection
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Convection
← Facet of 1
granular convection
← Field of work 1
Lee Segel
← SNARC ID 1
Avonmouth
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Summary

convection is a type of physical phenomenon[1] and energy source[2].

Related Entities

thermodynamics

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  1. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → heat transfer
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → physical phenomenon, energy source
    Said to be the same as → Vection
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ YSO ID: 948, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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