Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gravitational convection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: grav-i-ta-tion-al -con-vec-tion
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

8

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by buoyancy forces which are dependent on gravity acting upon density differences within the fluid.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

gravitational convections (plural)

Phrases

forced convection free convection natural convection

Frequently Paired Words

convection forced convection free convection natural convection

Questions

What does gravitational convection mean?: The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by buoyancy forces which are dependent on gravity acting upon density differences within the fluid.

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