Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a convective manner; by means of convection: as, heat transferred convectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a convective manner.
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- adverb In a
convective manner - adverb With regard to
convection
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Examples
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For yet another, it is not 3/4 covered by a massive liquid heat-sink that convectively carries heat across its surface.
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About 2/3 of heat received by surface during the day is dissipated convectively, heating the air.
Gerry North's Suggested Reading on Climate Models « Climate Audit 2007
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The dispersion relation can be modified for idealized heating profiles, but the simplest thing is to take convectively unstable cases as unstably stratified by using negative N squared.
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To their East lie the deserts and the correspondingly Summer convectively and periodic mega drought determined suites.
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The daytime temperature of a building, cooled during the previous night by convection, would be lower by 2° to 4°C than the temperature of that building when its mass is not cooled convectively.
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Heated fluids rising above salt dome repositories likewise convectively overturn groundwaters and pass them through sites, affecting viscosities and making corrosive brines.
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"It changes the distribution of energy in the troposphere so that it becomes more convectively stable," Ricke says.
Scientific American 2010
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Heated fluids rising above salt dome repositories likewise convectively overturn groundwaters and pass them through sites, affecting viscosities and making corrosive brines.
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"It changes the distribution of energy in the troposphere so that it becomes more convectively stable," Nature quoted Ricke, as saying.
Medindia Health News 2010
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"It changes the distribution of energy in the troposphere so that it becomes more convectively stable," Nature quoted Ricke, as saying.
The Times of India 2010
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