convector

From convect +‎ -or.

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convector (plural convectors)

1. A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator

con- +‎ vector (“carrier, passenger”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈwɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈvɛk.t̪or]

convector m (genitive convectōris); third declension

1. one who carries or brings together
2. a fellow passenger

Third-declension noun.

• “convector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Borrowed from French convecteur.

convector n (plural convectoare)

1. convector