To transport or carry along by the flow of a fluid, such as wind or water.
From Latin 'advectus,' past participle of 'advehare' (ad- 'to' + vehare 'to carry'). Scientific term adopted from Latin in 19th-century meteorology and oceanography.
Meteorologists use 'advect' to describe how wind literally carries warm and cold air masses—it's the technical way of saying clouds and weather patterns get pushed around by invisible rivers of moving air.
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