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Back-formation from convection.
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convect
Today it means: To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. Full definition →
Today it means: To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. Full definition →
Back-formation from convection.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.