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ADVECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does advect mean?
• ADVECT (verb)
The verb ADVECT has 1 sense:
1. convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
Familiarity information: ADVECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they advect ... he / she / it advects
Past simple: advected
Past participle: advected
-ing form: advecting
... he / she / it advects Past simple: advected
Past participle: advected
-ing form: advecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
energy advected from the environment
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)
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