Transmisión de energía o masa a través de un medio que implica el movimiento del propio medio. Movimiento circulatorio que se produce en un fluido que se encuentra a temperatura no uniforme, debido a la variación de su densidad y la acción de la gravedad. (Traducción libre del original: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed).
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)
Qualificadores permitidos:
Sem qualificador
Indexação Anterior:
Heat (1966-1994)
Nota MeSH pública:
95
Nota histórica:
95
Identificador DeCS:
32298
ID do descritor:
D018481
Documentos indexados na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS):
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)
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