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convected heat

noun as in radiant heat

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The skin is crispy and burnished by the convected heat of the grill.

All these methods warm chiefly by means of convected heat, the amount of true radiation from the pipes being small.

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.

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.

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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