advection

English

Etymology

From Latin advectio (“act of bringing”), from advectus (past participle of advehere (“to carry to”), from ad- + vehere (“to convey”)) + -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædˈvɛkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

advection (countable and uncountable, plural advections)

2. (meteorology, earth science, physical chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
4. (physics) The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.

Derived terms

• advectional
• advection fog
• bioadvection

 

Related terms

• advect
• advectitious

Translations

The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.

• Asturian: adveición f
• Catalan: advecció f
• Czech: advekce (cs) f
• Finnish: advektio
• French: advection (fr) f
• German: Strömungstransport, Advektion (de) f
• Irish: trasiompar m
• Italian: avvezione (it) f
• Malay: alir lintang, adveksi
• Persian: وزش (fa) (vazeš), انتقال (fa) (enteqâl)
• Polish: adwekcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: advecção (pt) f
• Russian: адве́кция (ru) (advékcija)
• Spanish: advección (es) f

The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion

• Czech: advekce (cs) f
• French: advection (fr) f
• Irish: trasiompar m
• Polish: adwekcja (pl) f

Anagrams

• invocated

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɛk.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

advection f (plural advections)

1. (meteorology, earth science, physical chemistry) advection (the horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc)