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ADVECT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they advect ... he / she / it advects
Past simple: advected
Past participle: advected
-ing form: advecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
Example:
energy advected from the environment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "advect" is one way to...):
transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
advection ((meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties)
advective (of or relating to advection)
