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5521 | tide gauge | See GAUGE. |
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5522 | tide-generating force | See TIDE-PRODUCING FORCE. |
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5523 | tideland | LAND which is under water at HIGH TIDE and uncovered at LOW TIDE. |
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5524 | tide lock | A LOCK situated between a BASIN or CANAL and TIDEWATER to maintain the water at a desired level as the HEIGHT of the TIDE changes. Also call... more |
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5525 | tidemark | A HIGH WATER MARK left by TIDAL WATER. The highest point reached by a HIGH TIDE. A MARK placed to indicate the highest point reached by a HI... more |
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5526 | tide pole | See TIDE STAFF. |
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5527 | tide-predicting machine | An instrument that computes, sometimes for years in advance, the TIMES and HEIGHTS of HIGH and LOW WATERS at a REFERENCE STATION by mechani... more |
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5528 | tide (or tidal) prediction | The mathematical process by which the TIMES and HEIGHTS of the TIDE are determined in advance from the HARMONIC CONSTITUENTS at a place. See... more |
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5529 | tide-producing force(s) | That part of the gravitational attraction of a CELESTIAL BODY which is effective in producing the TIDES on EARTH. The SUN and MOON are the ... more |
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5530 | tide race | A strong TIDAL CURRENT or a CHANNEL in which such a CURRENT flows. |
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5531 | tide range | See RANGE OF TIDE. |
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5532 | tide reducer | The CORRECTION that must be applied to a recorded SOUNDING for the HEIGHT OF TIDE above or below the DATUM of reference at the TIME of SOUND... more |
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5533 | tide register | See GAUGE: TIDE. |
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5534 | tide rip(s) | Small WAVES formed on the surface of water by the meeting of opposing TIDAL CURRENTS or by a TIDAL CURRENT crossing an irregular BOTTOM. Ver... more |
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5535 | tide signal | See SIGNAL. |
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5536 | tide staff | A TIDE GAUGE consisting of a vertical graduated pole from which the HEIGHT OF TIDE at any TIME can be read directly. Also called tide pole. |
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5537 | tide staff: multiple | A succession of TIDE STAFFS on a sloping SHORE, so placed that the vertical GRADUATIONS on the several staffs form a continuous scale with r... more |
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5538 | tide station | See STATION. |
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5539 | tide tables | TABLES listing daily predictions, usually a year in advance, of the TIMES and HEIGHTS of the TIDE. These predictions are usually supplemente... more |
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5540 | tidewater | Water affected by TIDES or sometimes that part of it which covers the TIDELAND. The term is sometimes used broadly to designate the SEABOARD... more |