Rayleigh-Bénard convection

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Etymology

Named after Henri Bénard and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Noun

Rayleigh-Bénard convection (countable and uncountable, plural Rayleigh-Bénard convections)

  1. (physics) A type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as Bénard cells.

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