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- vec|tion «VEHK shuhn», noun.Medicine. the act of conveying disease germs.╂[< Latin vectiō, -ōnis a carrying, conveyance < vehere carry]
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con|vec´tion|al|ly — con|vec|tion|al «kuhn VEHK shuh nuhl», adjective. having to do with or characterized by convection. –con|vec´tion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
con|vec|tion|al — «kuhn VEHK shuh nuhl», adjective. having to do with or characterized by convection. –con|vec´tion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
ad|vec|tion|al — «ad VEHK shuh nuhl», adjective. = advective. (Cf. ↑advective) … Useful english dictionary
ad|vec|tion — «ad VEHK shuhn», noun. the transfer of heat, cold, or other properties of air by the horizontal motion of a mass of air. ╂[< Latin advectiō, ōnis a conveying < advehere carry to < ad to + vehere carry] … Useful english dictionary
con|vec|tion — «kuhn VEHK shuhn», noun. 1. the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of heated particles of a gas or liquid: »If you hold your hand in the hot air rising from a hot air register, your hand is heated by convection (John R.… … Useful english dictionary
e|vec|tion|al — «ih VEHK shuh nuhl», adjective. relating or belonging to the evection … Useful english dictionary
e|vec|tion — «ih VEHK shuhn», noun. Astronomy. the largest of the oscillatory disturbances of the moon s orbit, caused by changes in the sun s attraction. The time required for a complete oscillation is about 32 days. ╂[< Latin ēvectiō, ōnis a carrying… … Useful english dictionary
pro|vec|tion — «proh VEHK shuhn», noun. Linguistics. the carrying of a terminal letter of a word to the beginning of the succeeding word, as in a newt for an ewt. ╂[< Late Latin prōvectiō, ōnis < Latin prōvehere < prō forth + vehere carry] … Useful english dictionary
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
vec — ad·vec·tion; ad·vec·tive; con·vec·tion; con·vec·tion·al; con·vec·tive; con·vec·tor; gin·gi·vec·to·my; in·vec·ta; in·vec·tion; in·vec·tive·ly; odor·i·vec·tor; pro·vec·tion; syn·o·vec·to·my; vec·to·graph; vec·tor·cardiogram; vec·tor·cardiographic;… … English syllables
