convenience (konveniens)

[= F. convenance = Pr. conveniencia, convinensa = Sp. Pg. conveniencia = It. convenienza, convenienzia, conventicle 2. With ease; without trouble or difficulty. He sought how he might conveniently betray him. hich the diffusion of heat append ered hoore rapid by the motion of the hot substance from one place to another, though the ultimate transfer of heat may still take place by Clerk Maxwell, Heat, p. 10. conduction. When a hot body is placed in air, it sets up a number of convection currents. A. Daniell , Prin. of Physics, p. 364. convective (kon-vektiv), a. [L. convect us , pp. of convehere , onvehere , convey (see convection ), + -ive .] Resulting from or caused by convection: as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday . The significant point is, that convective neutralization is a gradual proce , requiring time. Science , IV. 413. convectively (kon-vektiv-li), adv . In a convective manner; by means of convection: as, heat transferred convectively . convellentt (kon-vel'ent), a. [ L.convellen ( t- ) s, ppr. of convellere, pull up, tear up, wrench away: see convulse.] Tending to pull up or extract: as, a convellent force. Todd and Bowman. convenablelt (kon'vē-na-bl), a. [ ME. coven able: see coven able ) (= Pr. convenable = Sp. convenible (obs.) = Pg. convinhavel = It. con venevole ), agreeable, suitable, This place that was voyde at the table of Ioseph be-tokeneth the place that Matheu fulfilde; and, sir, thus be these two tables convenable . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 1. 59. And with his word his worke is convenable. Spenser , Shep. Cal., September. Another ancient romance says of its hero, "He every day was provyd in dauncyng and in songs that the ladies coulde think were convenable for a nobleman to conne." Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 10.