Descriptor in English: | Convection |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Convección |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Convecção |
Descriptor in French: | Convection |
Tree number(s): |
G01.906.230 SP8.473.654.412.072.149 SP8.473.654.587.482 |
Scope note: | Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed) |
History Note: | 95 |
DeCS UI: | 32298 |
Descriptor UI: | D018481 |
Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1994/06/07 |
Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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Convection
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Concept UI |
M0027719 |
Scope note | Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed) |
Preferred term | Convection |
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