convect

verb con·vect \ kən-ˈvekt \

|Updated on: 26 Apr 2018

Definition of convect

convected; convecting; convects

intransitive verb

: to transfer heat by convection

transitive verb

: to circulate (something, such as air) by convection

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convective

play \kən-ˈvek-tiv\ adjective

Recent Examples of convect from the Web

Soon the street was alive with cool zephyrs that convected over the xeriscaped lawns and twined around the cacti and Little Free Libraries and the bare knees and ankles of the people of Lima Street.

— cory doctorow, The Atlantic, "The City of Coordinated Leisure," 28 Feb. 2018
A moon rock brought back by astronauts from the last Apollo mission in 1972 has finally proven its worth by revealing that the moon used to have a hot, convecting molten core that generated a magnetic field.

— clara moskowitz, WIRED, "Moon Rock Reveals Hot Molten Core," 15 Jan. 2009

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