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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
convect .
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The weather that mostly convects heat to the outer atmosphere is not a "delicate" phenomenon, it will always exist in much greater quantity than any changes we can make to the energy balance with CO2.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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This is basically because water vapor dominates the greenhouse effect and weather is what distributes water vapor and convects heat upward.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The weather that mostly convects heat to the outer atmosphere is not a "delicate" phenomenon, it will always exist in much greater quantity than any changes we can make to the energy balance with CO2.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Wind increases oxygen supply, convects heat and can produce “spot fires” from fragments that blow down-wind.
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Also the cardboard is getting 2F one F from the heater and one F from the glass and radiates F and convects F?
Eli Rabett and RW Wood EliRabett 2009
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This is basically because water vapor dominates the greenhouse effect and weather is what distributes water vapor and convects heat upward.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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TAAMIR: Dark clothing absorbs sunlight and the heat radiating from your body, but if it is loose-fitting, and there is even a small breeze, the wind convects the heat away faster than it is absorbed.
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This lower density material then convects – a process known as “compositional convection”, and one which can occur at subadiabatic temperature gradients.
Christopher Monckton: Apocalypse Cancelled « Climate Audit 2006
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Compared to the trombe wall this system conducts heat much more rapidly because the wall has far less thermal lag and the water convects during heating.
3. Design rules 1993
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Immediately, an opposing argument may be made: if the air is less dense -- the air is moving faster than without the intercooler -- the same volume of air within a system convects less heat.
Cubed3.com News 2009
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