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1. (Or convective current.) Any current of air involved in convection. In meteorology, this is usually applied to the upward moving portion of a convection circulation, such as a thermal or the updraft in cumulus clouds. 2. Any net transport of electric charge effected through mass motions of some charged medium; any electric current induced by other than electrical forces. ...
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A circular current in a fluid like air, water, or molten rock. The process occurs when the fluid is unevenly heated so that part of the fluid rises, cools, and then sinks producing the circular movement.
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| convection current |
the transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles.
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| convection current |
very slow movement of rock within Earth
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A steady flow or stream within a fluid resulting from a difference in density between warm and cool sections of fluids.
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