転てん流りゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

translocation

Technical term in biology and botany for the movement of substances within an organism, especially in phloem.

• 植しょく物ぶつの師し部ぶでは糖とうの転てん流りゅうが行おこなわれている。

  Sugar translocation occurs in the phloem of plants.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

drift

Used in oceanography and meteorology for the movement of water or air masses, or in electronics for carrier drift.

• 海かい流りゅうの転てん流りゅうによってプランクトンが運はこばれる。

  Plankton are carried by the drift of ocean currents.