ADVECTION


Meaning of ADVECTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ad-ˈvek-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Latin advection-, advectio act of bringing, from advehere to carry to, from ad- + vehere to carry — more at way

Date: 1910

: the usually horizontal movement of a mass of fluid (as air or an ocean current) ; also : transport (as of pollutants or plankton) by such movement

• ad·vect -ˈvekt transitive verb

• ad·vec·tive -ˈvek-tiv adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.