convective
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or involving convection.
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relating to the process of conveying someone or something.
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Wildfires, severe convective storms and floods are becoming more severe, and happening more often, the report said, citing consensus from scientists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Linking this back to turbulence — convective turbulence is created by the physical process of air rising and falling in the atmosphere, specifically within clouds.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
“Similar idea: very localized, very extreme convective downpour that just completely overwhelms and is an almost unimaginable amount of water in a cloud burst,” Swain said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
This implies that there's no convective movement of material in a thick layer in the planets' deep interiors.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
The stronger winds, the ones people remembered the best, were probably caused by rising convective heat.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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