gravitational convection
English
Noun
gravitational convection (countable and uncountable, plural gravitational convections)
- (physics) 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.
See also
- convection
- forced convection
- free convection
- natural convection