How to Use convection in a Sentence

convection

noun
  • The other is convection, in which air is the medium that transfers heat to the food.
    Washington Post, 15 May 2021
  • Its convection heat gets the spuds buttery and creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Such convection is common in the mountains but not along the coast.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But the core cooled so fast that these convection currents died out.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 22 July 2021
  • The convection of a fire pulls in winds from all direction, which can help.
    Brian Melley, ajc, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The heat creates a convection current that draws air up and away.
    Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • This smart oven has twin convection fans that make for faster and more even cooking.
    Zoe Malin, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The indirect transfer of heat from the stove to the ceiling is convection.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The mantle condensed and went through a process called convection.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • One idea holds that plates are just a byproduct of burbling convection cells deep in the mantle.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Most space heaters use convection heat to warm a room, but this isn’t your only option.
    Lacey Muinos, Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Keep in mind that this oven doesn't feature a convection bake or air fry setting.
    Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But there are two main vectors by which the cold may seep in: convection and conduction.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees on the convection setting.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
  • The same goes for broiling, which is where the turbo convection button comes in most handy to help circulate the heat.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Newer settings range from air fry to convection to steam cook.
    Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022
  • This range can bake, broil, convection bake, convection roast and even air fry.
    Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Dry air wrapping around the storm is cutting it off from monsoonal moisture to the east, and most of the convection is on the western and southern sides of the storm.
    Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN, 26 July 2021
  • The convection could be strong enough to spark lighting in coastal cities in late afternoon or early evening.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2021
  • That is, if Earth lacked plate tectonics, there would be no convection and thus no dynamo.
    Marcus Woo, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Since the house is geothermal and carbon neutral, there's no gas, so the stove is induction and the oven convection.
    Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 17 Nov. 2020
  • If your oven has a convection option, use this feature.
    Rebecca White, Dallas News, 16 June 2021
  • Airstream models include a gas range and an oven, which can be swapped out for a convection microwave if desired.
    Hannah Selinger, Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Liu says convection currents in the mantle can transport large blocks of the earth’s crust, called cratons, over vast distances.
    Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2022
  • This process, known as convection, generally keeps the surfaces of deep lakes warmer than their depths.
    John Wenz Knowable, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2020
  • This generates plasma convection, a process in which warm fluid rises and cooler, denser fluid sinks to the core of the glass ball.
    WIRED, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And while this convection is brewing, the tip-top of the blue planet is also shifting uneasily.
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In the past, only natural factors such as ocean currents and the convection of hot rock in the deep Earth contributed to the drifting position of the poles, the Guardian said.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This convection stirs up the atmosphere and eventually drags a stream of fast-moving higher winds down to the ground.
    Richard Kemeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Take note that while reviewers loved the induction cooktop, some did wish that the oven had a convection setting.
    Eva Bleyer, goodhousekeeping.com, 31 May 2023

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