ADVECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does advection mean? 

• ADVECTION (noun)
  The noun ADVECTION has 1 sense:

1. (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

  Familiarity information: ADVECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("advection" is a kind of...):

temperature change (a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Derivation:

advect (convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid)