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移流 (いりゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

移い流りゅう

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Meanings

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noun

advection

Technical term in meteorology, oceanography, and fluid dynamics for the transport of a substance or property by bulk fluid motion.

暖あたたかい空くう気きの移い流りゅうによって気き温おんが上じょう昇しょうした。
The temperature rose due to the advection of warm air.

Kanji

移shift, move, change
流current, a sink, flow

Similar words

対たい流りゅう
対流 (convection) involves heat transfer through fluid motion driven by density differences, while 移流 (advection) is the horizontal transport of properties by the fluid flow itself.

Etymology

Compound of 移 (move, transfer) and 流 (flow), likely a modern coinage as a translation of the English term 'advection'.