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neap

neap

9.9
A tide with the smallest difference between high and low water when the moon looks half lit
  • noun
  • /nip/
  • Specialized
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  • When the Moon is in its first or third quarter, the neap tides produce the smallest differences between high and low water.

Examples

  • An important milestone was the launch of Africa's first National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) in 1991.

    Academic text (2006)

  • If the comparison of NEAP figures is across time, but only of U.S. numbers, then that would not have any relation to the second scores of international figures.

    Blog text (29)

  • On the Mendocino coast, the Salmon Trollers Marketing Association, through a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Northwest Emergency Assistance Program (NEAP), captured lingcod.

    Academic text (1998)

  • In November, the only tides coming just after daybreak are neaps, with their lesser highs.

  • During the lunar month, the neap tides result in minimal differences between high and low water levels.

Synonyms

neap tide
vsneap
  • Specialized
6.3

A tide when the difference between high and low water is very small twice a month

is the shorter form used instead of the full phrase

Antonyms

springtide
  • Literature
9.3

A very high and very low tide that happens at new and full moons

Compounds

neap tide
  • Specialized
6.3

A tide when the difference between high and low water is very small twice a month

How Strong

springtide
  • Literature
9.3
neap
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

neap singular
neaps plural

Etymology

Neap (as in neap tide) comes from an old word meaning 'small' or 'scant'. So a neap is a tide when the change between high and low water is very 'small'.