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con⋅vec⋅tor

[kuhn-vek-ter]
–noun
any fluid or device transferring heat by convection.

Origin:
1905–10; convect + -or 2
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con·vec·tor   (kən-věk'tər)   
n.  A partly enclosed, directly heated surface from which warm air circulates by convection.
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