verb
- past tense of convect; transferred heat through the movement of heated fluid (liquid or gas)
Usage: physics; technical
Examples
- Heat was convected upward through the atmosphere by rising air currents.
- The warm water convected throughout the tank, creating circulation patterns.
- Solar energy convected through the ocean layers during the day.
- The heated air convected from the ground surface to higher altitudes.
- Thermal energy was convected away from the heating element by the moving fluid.
- The meteorologist explained how heat convected through the storm system.