Preferred Label : convection;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH annotation : a principle of thermodynamics; no qualif;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection;
Origin ID : D018481;
UMLS CUI : C0242689;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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- Semantic type(s)
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)
