noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/kənˈvɛkʃən/
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rhymes with -ɛkʃən
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N V EH1 K SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The process of conveying something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Latin convectiōnem, from convectiō (“act of carrying”), from convect-, past participle stem of convehō (“to carry together”), combination of com- and vehō. By surface analysis, convect + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
convecció
— process of conveying something
Chinese Mandarin:
對流 /对流
(duìliú)
— process of conveying something
Finnish:
kuljettaminen
— process of conveying something
Finnish:
kantaminen
— process of conveying something
Finnish:
välittäminen
— process of conveying something
Hebrew:
הובלה
(hovala)
— process of conveying something
Italian:
convezione
— process of conveying something
Japanese:
対流
(tairyū)
— process of conveying something
Persian:
جابجایی
— process of conveying something
Persian:
همرفت
— process of conveying something
Spanish:
convección
— process of conveying something
Welsh:
darfudiad
— process of conveying something
Danish:
konvektion
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Finnish:
konvektio
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Finnish:
kuljettuminen
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
French:
convection
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Hebrew:
הולכה
(holakha)
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Indonesian:
konveksi
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Italian:
convezione
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Kazakh:
конвекция
(konveksiä)
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Norwegian:
konveksjon
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Norwegian:
omrøring
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Persian:
همرفت
(hamraft)
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Polish:
konwekcja
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Portuguese:
convecção
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Russian:
конве́кция
(konvékcija)
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Ukrainian:
конве́кція
(konvékcija)
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Welsh:
darfudiad
— transmission of heat by the circulation of currents
Finnish:
konvektio
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Indonesian:
konveksi
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Italian:
convezione
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Norwegian:
konveksjon
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Norwegian:
omrøring
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Russian:
конве́кция
(konvékcija)
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
Welsh:
darfudiad
— vertical movement of heat and moisture
