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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A term usually used in the context of a &ldquo;thermally indirect circulation&rdquo; that  refers to a [[circulation]] that has ascending motion in a region of relatively low [[temperature]] and  descending motion in a region of relatively high temperature.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It therefore is sustained by dynamical processes rather than by [[thermal]] processes.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A term usually used in the context of a "thermally indirect circulation" that  refers to a [[circulation]] that has ascending motion in a region of relatively low [[temperature]] and  descending motion in a region of relatively high temperature.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It therefore is sustained by dynamical processes rather than by [[thermal]] processes.</div><br/> </div>
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indirect circulation

A term usually used in the context of a "thermally indirect circulation" that refers to a circulation that has ascending motion in a region of relatively low temperature and descending motion in a region of relatively high temperature.

It therefore is sustained by dynamical processes rather than by thermal processes.


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