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Convection MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Convection
Tree Number(s)
G01.906.230
Unique ID
D018481
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018481
Scope Note
Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed)
Previous Indexing
Heat (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note
95
History Note
95
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/06/07
Revision Date
2008/07/08

No Qualifiers
Convection Preferred
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