Usually means: Transfer of heat through fluid movement.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. convective: Merriam-Webster
  2. convective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. convective: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Convective, convective: Wordnik
  5. convective: Wiktionary
  6. Convective, convective: Dictionary.com
  7. Convective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Convective: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. convective: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Convective: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. convective: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Convective: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. convective: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. convective: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. convective: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional

Similar:
convectional, autoconvective, convectionary, semiconvective, bioconvective, convolutional, conductional, condensational, magnetoconvective, pyroconvective, more...

Opposite:
conductive, radiative, stagnant, still

Types:
forced, natural, convection oven, more...

Phrases:
convective heat, convective transport, convective clouds, convective instability, convective activity, more...

Adjectives:
conductive, deep, free, strong, natural, vertical, scale, large, tropical, diffusive, pure

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Similar:
convectional, autoconvective, convectionary, semiconvective, bioconvective, convolutional, conductional, condensational, magnetoconvective, pyroconvective, more...

Opposite:
conductive, radiative, stagnant, still

Types:
forced, natural, convection oven, more...

Phrases:
convective heat, convective transport, convective clouds, convective instability, convective activity, convective cloud, convective precipitation, convective region, convective acceleration, more...

Adjectives:
conductive, deep, free, strong, natural, vertical, scale, large, tropical, diffusive, pure

Colors:
    red,     orange,     yellow,     dark gray,     light gray, more...



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