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convection cell [kən′vek·shən ‚sel]

(geophysics)

A concept in plate tectonics that accounts for the lateral or the upward and downward movement of subcrustal mantle material as due to heat variation in the earth.

(meteorology)

An atmospheric unit in which organized convective fluid motion occurs.

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