"advect" meaning in English

See advect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: advects [present, singular, third-person], advecting [participle, present], advected [participle, past], advected [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from advection. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|advection}} Back-formation from advection Head templates: {{en-verb}} advect (third-person singular simple present advects, present participle advecting, simple past and past participle advected)
  1. (transitive) To transport (something) by advection. Tags: transitive Derived forms: advective, bioadvected
    Sense id: en-advect-en-verb-wzWweV4I Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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