verb
- to transfer heat by the circulation or movement of heated parts of a liquid or gas
Usage: technical; physics
Examples
- Hot air convects upward from the heated surface.
- The liquid in the pot began to convect as it warmed.
- Ocean currents convect warm water toward the poles.
- The atmosphere convects heat from the equator to higher latitudes.
- Magma convects within the Earth’s mantle.
- The radiator convects warm air throughout the room.