Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of convection; caused or formed by convection.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or employing
convection ;convective
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Examples
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One of these is called convectional rain and it is associated with hot afternoons:
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In the 90 degree thunderstorm I conveniently found myself in, I noted that our bus had the same convectional tendencies as a brick oven.
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They occur most commonly in the tropics were convectional heating of moist surface air occurs year round.
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This inversion prevents the convectional rise of the cool, humid air and thus no clouds are formed.
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This inversion prevents the convectional rise of the cool, humid air and thus no clouds are formed.
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This region is frequently under the influence of cooler maritime air masses that suppress convectional uplift over land.
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Even the Neanderthals used skins to reduce convectional cooling.
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Never mind 6, 60, 600, or 6000 year cycles in any of these convectional modes.
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Soon to be, it became this stormy, complete with thunder and lightning convectional rain.
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It's not a convectional war, it's a war in which the enemy that the Israelis are fighting resides within the Palestinian population and has the support, by and large, of the Palestinian population.
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