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connected

[kuh-nek-tid] / kəˈnɛk tɪd /


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“A roiling, dark column pumped and convected up as a high cloud looking like dirty cauliflower but every knob moving,” he remembered.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Or, the heat is conveyed by means of air, water, or steam from one place to another, as in the hot-water, hot-air, and steam systems of heating; this we call convected heat.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Objects seen under various degrees of light, either convected or retarded by different media, appear near or distant, distinct or confused.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 by Various

Radiant heat heats objects first, and leaves them to warm the air; convected heat is heat applied directly to air, and leaves the air to warm objects afterwards.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)

In convected heat, this of course applies in its entirety, as where so-called radiant heat is employed the evil is not quite so marked.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen




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