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5501 | tide(s): secondary | Those additional TIDES HIGHER LOW WATERS and LOWER HIGH WATERS that occur twice a MONTH (when the MOON is over the EQUATOR) in a general pat... more |
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5502 | tide: semidiurnal | A TIDE in which the TIDAL CYCLE consists of two HIGH WATERS and two LOW WATERS each TIDAL DAY, with comparatively little DIURNAL INEQUALITY... more |
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5503 | tide(s): shallow water | A distortional effect upon astronomically generated TIDE caused by SHALLOW WATERS. See also TIDE(S): QUARTER-DIURNAL. |
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5504 | tide: single day | See TIDE: DIURNAL. |
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5505 | tide: slack | See SLACK WATER. |
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5506 | tide: solar | That part of the TIDE due solely to the TIDE-PRODUCING FORCES of the SUN, as distinguished from that part caused by the forces of the MOON. |
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5507 | tide(s): solsticial | TIDES occurring near the TIMES of the SOLSTICES, when the TROPIC RANGE is especially large. |
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5508 | tide(s): spring | The TIDES of increased RANGE occurring near the TIMES of FULL MOON and NEW MOON. |
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5509 | tide: storm | See STORM SURGE. |
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5510 | tide: syzygy | The TIDE which takes place on the afternoon of the day the SUN and MOON are in SYZYGY. (This term is now little used). |
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5511 | tide: tropic | The TIDE that occurs twice monthly when the effect of the MOON's maximum DECLINATION north or south of the EQUATOR is greatest. |
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5512 | tide: vanishing | The PHENOMENON occurring when a HIGH and LOW WATER 'melt' together into a period of several hours with a nearly constant water level. The T... more |
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5513 | tide: weather | See TIDE: WINDWARD. |
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5514 | tide: windward | A TIDAL CURRENT setting to windward. Also called weather tide. |
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5515 | tide-bound | (adj.). Unable to proceed because of insufficient DEPTH of water due to tidal action. |
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5516 | tide bulge | See TIDE WAVE. |
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5517 | tide crack | The fissure at the line of junction between an immovable ICEFOOT or ICE WALL and FAST ICE, the latter being subject to the RISE and fall of... more |
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5518 | tide curve | Any graphic representation of the RISE and fall of the TIDE. TIME is generally represented by the abscissae and the HEIGHT of the TIDE by or... more |
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5519 | tide cycle | See TIDAL CYCLE. |
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5520 | tide gate | A restricted passage through which water runs with great SPEED due to tidal action. |