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Word: Advection
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Latin advectio(n-), from advehere ‘bring’, from ad- ‘to’ + vehere ‘carry’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
adˈvɛkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the transfer of heat or matter by the flow of a fluid, especially horizontally in the atmosphere or the sea.
Short Definition:transfer of heat or matter by flow of fluid
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