convector

From convect + -or.

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convector (plural convectors)

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

From con- + vector (“carrier, passenger”).

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

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