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convect
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con·vect  (kn-vkt)
v. con·vect·ed, con·vect·ing, con·vects
v.tr.
To transfer (heat) by convection.
v.intr.
To undergo convection: warm air convecting upward.

[Back-formation from convection.]
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Verb1.convect - circulate hot air by convection
circulate - cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"

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Since the mantle convects on such a large scale, the plates are allowed to reach large sizes.
The debate is shifting to a question of the degree of the stratification in the mantle instead of whether the mantle convects as one layer or two," says Tackley, who sees some drift toward agreement between the opposing camps.
In general, hot material in the outer core seems to flow toward cold regions in the lower mantle, which convects much more slowly than the liquid core.
 
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