"convect" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈvɛkt/ Forms: convects [present, singular, third-person], convecting [participle, present], convected [participle, past], convected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: Back-formation from convection. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|convection}} Back-formation from convection Head templates: {{en-verb}} convect (third-person singular simple present convects, present participle convecting, simple past and past participle convected)
  1. (transitive) To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-convect-en-verb-kxnHzfe- Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 46 54
  2. (intransitive) To undergo convection. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-convect-en-verb-klC7claz Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: convective Related terms: convection, convector

Inflected forms

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        "To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection."
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        "(transitive) To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection."
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        "(intransitive) To undergo convection."
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        "(intransitive) To undergo convection."
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