a. [f. L. convect-, ppl. stem of convehĕre to carry + -IVE.]
1. Having the property or power of conveying.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 266/2. [The bronchial tubes] are merely convective passages.
1862. Lond. Rev., 16 Aug., 353. The convective force of a stream of water in washing away the less valuable minerals.
2. Of the nature of, or relating to convection.
1862. Sir W. Thomson, Pop. Lect. (1889), I. 363. There must be an approximate convective equilibrium of heat throughout the whole.
1876. S. Newcomb, in N. Amer. Rev., CXXIII. 94. The latter is constantly cooling by radiation, and thus convective movements are established.
