advección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advectiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adbeɡˈθjon/ [að̞.β̞eɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /adbeɡˈsjon/ [að̞.β̞eɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ad‧vec‧ción

Noun

advección f (plural advecciones)

  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)

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