n.
Pronunciation: ad- ' vek-sh ə n
Function: 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 \ - ' vekt \ transitive verb
– ad · vec · tive \ - ' vek-tiv \ adjective