| Convection 1. (n.) The act or process of conveying or transmitting. 2. (n.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes. Thesaurus Entries communication, conduction, contagion, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, dissemination, export, exportation, expulsion, extradition, import, importation, interchange, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis, passage, passing over, perfusion, spread, spreading, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transfusion, transit, transition, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, travel |