advection
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
advection /ədˈvɛkʃ(ə)n/
▶noun the transfer of heat or matter by the flow of a fluid, especially horizontally in the atmosphere or the sea.
– derivatives
advect verb,
advective adjective.
advect verb,
advective adjective.
– origin early 20th cent.: from L. advectio(n-), from advehere ‘bring’, from ad- ‘to’ + vehere ‘carry’.
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