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(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
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advection
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In physics , engineering , and earth sciences , advection is the transport of a substance. The properties of that substance are carried with it. Most generally the advected substance is a fluid. The properties that are carried with the advected substance ...
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n. 1 (context earth science chemistry English) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. 2 The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
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n. (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
Usage examples of advection.
Coming down the High Sierras slope, they ran into a large area of fog of the advection type.
He looked around sharply, at the empty street and the river blurred in cottony advection fog.