advection current

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• advection fog — Meteorol. fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface. [1940 45] * * * advection fog, a fog that occurs when a body of relatively warm, moist air moves over a cold surface: »Advection fogs often form in the Newfoundland… …   Useful english dictionary

• advection — noun Etymology: Latin advection , advectio act of bringing, from advehere to carry to, from ad + vehere to carry more at way Date: 1910 the usually horizontal movement of a mass of fluid (as air or an ocean current); also transport (as of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• advection — n. horizontal current, horizontal flow (of air, water, etc.); horizontal movement of weather and atmospheric properties (Meteorology); rate of horizontal current …   English contemporary dictionary

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