Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
WordNet
n. a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection
Wikipedia
- Convector (mythology) - a Roman god
- Convector - a type of heating and cooling element: (see Radiator, Convector heater)
- Convection oven - a type of oven
Usage examples of "convector".
Prior to re-entering the ventilation system, air passed through a series of four convectors, which heated (or cooled) it to the proper temperature.
The lone convector would prevent the temperature from falling below -36°C.
The problem was that the system that supported the convector would start to freeze up at twenty below.
The first priority was to keep the convector going, but she could see no way to do that.
He lowered his head and gripped the convector grille that ran below the window at waist height.
We can't get a definite identification from thewoman who handled the sale -shewas doing it for afriend whose marriage had just collapsed -butshe canconfirm that the convector heater mentioned in the advertisementwas the model in the catalogue we showed her.
There was a two-tier electric fire in the cavernous bedroom my father used and an undersized convector heater in the oak panelled room where he sat at his desk in the evenings.
The air was a bit stale because all the convectors had stopped when the power went off, but that was all.