convect means to move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
convect is pronounced /kənˈvɛkt/.
Etymology
Back-formation from convection.
verb
- To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- To undergo convection.“The heated surface caused the air to convect.”