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Conventional vs Convection - What's the difference?

conventional | convection |

As nouns the difference between conventional and convection

is that conventional is a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal while convection is the process of conveying something.

As an adjective conventional

is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

conventional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.
  • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
  • convection

    Alternative forms

    * convexion

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process of conveying something.
  • (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid or gas by the circulation of currents.
  • (meteorology) The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (physics) conduction, radiation

    Derived terms

    * forced convection * free convection * gravitational convection

    See also

    * weather

    References

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