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autoconvection

autoconvection noun: spontaneous convection in a fluid layer.

Noun

autoconvection (uncountable)

  1. spontaneous convection in a fluid layer

Origin of autoconvection

From auto- + convection.

Questions about autoconvection

What does autoconvection mean?
Autoconvection means spontaneous convection in a fluid layer.
What part of speech is autoconvection?
Autoconvection is a noun.

Words near autoconvection in the dictionary

  1. autoconstitutional
  2. autoconstruction
  3. autoconsumption
  4. autocontrasted
  5. autocontrolled
  6. autoconvection
  7. autoconvective
  8. autoconversion
  9. autoconversions
  10. autoconvolution
  11. autoconvolutions

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