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advect

advect verb: to transport (something) by advection.

Verb

advect (third-person singular simple present advects, present participle advecting, simple past and past participle advected)

  1. (transitive) To transport (something) by advection.

Forms of advect

third-person singular presentadvects
present participleadvecting
past participleadvected
pastadvected

Origin of advect

Back-formation from advection.

Words formed from advect

Questions about advect

What does advect mean?
Advect means to transport (something) by advection.
What part of speech is advect?
Advect is a verb.
What is the past tense of advect?
The past tense of advect is advected.

Words near advect in the dictionary

  1. advaunces
  2. advauncing
  3. advauntage
  4. advauntages
  5. advb.
  6. advect
  7. advected
  8. advecting
  9. advection
  10. advection fog
  11. advection fogs

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