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The 71 pages that link to Convection, each with the reason it gives.

• DiffusionCompared with: Unlike diffusion, convection carries particles through coordinated fluid movement.

• Thermal conductivityCompared with: It transports heat by moving matter, unlike conduction through local interactions.

• Hydrostatic equilibriumCompared with: Convection introduces fluid motion, unlike the static state assumed by hydrostatic equilibrium.

• Thermal conductionCompared with: Unlike conduction alone, convection transports energy with moving fluid.

• AdvectionCompared with: Advection names transport by fluid motion, while convection commonly describes fluid-mediated heat transfer as a whole.

• Thermal stratificationCompared with: Cooling or heating can overturn a water column when density differences destabilize its layers.

• StratificationCompared with: Unlike stable stratification, convective instability overturns layers and promotes vertical mixing.

• Carryover cookingCompared with: Convection can heat food while it remains in an oven, unlike post-removal carryover driven within the food.

• Molecular diffusionCompared with: It adds fluid-scale circulation to the molecular transport considered here.

• Thermal resistanceCompared with: At a surface, convection provides a boundary resistance distinct from solid conduction.

• Reaction–diffusion systemCompared with: Convection moves substances by flow, unlike diffusion’s gradient-driven spreading.

• Stellar opacityCompared with: When opacity makes radiative transport inefficient, convection can carry energy instead.

• Radiation (physics)Compared with: Unlike radiation, convection requires moving material and cannot carry heat through a vacuum.

• Von Zeipel theoremCompared with: Convective transport changes the flux–gravity relation assumed by the theorem.