gravitational convection

English

Noun

gravitational convection (countable and uncountable, plural gravitational convections)

1. (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