convected; convecting; convects
: to transfer heat by convection
: to circulate (something, such as air) by convection
Examples of convect in a Sentence
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The mantle will convect as hot rock rises from deep in the Earth to the surface.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
In 1979, a French scientist, Albert J. Libchaber, observed the same cascade of period doublings in the temperature fluctuations in the center of a convecting fluid.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 July 2019
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, 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, 15 Jan. 2009
Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
In 1979, a French scientist, Albert J. Libchaber, observed the same cascade of period doublings in the temperature fluctuations in the center of a convecting fluid.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 July 2019
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, 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, 15 Jan. 2009
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Word History
Etymology
back-formation from convection
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Dictionary Entries Near convect
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“Convect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convect. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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