tidal
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- adjective
- /ˈtaɪdəl/
:
mareal
- The tidal waves caused by the full moon flooded the coastal town.
- tidal wave
- tidal currents
- tidal range
It's called tidal heating, TIDAL tidal heating.
- It's called tidal heating, TIDAL tidal heating.
- That was a tidal wave, rocky right angles, tsunamis.
- If the black hole is small then as you approach it there are a large what are called tidal forces.
- So some very supermassive black holes, you could still cross the horizon without being torn apart by tidal forces.
- But in the Bay has this huge tidal and current patterns, and I've not succeeded twice.
- There's been no like extra matter observed falling in, no extra tidal disruption event to kick start, like to need an outflow.
Examples
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The tidal current is strong, but we should find her in a couple of hours.
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Criss-crossed by shallow tidal creeks.
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The shape of the water system of the Earth is responding to tidal forces of the moon.
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The first and obvious problem with tidal energy is, it has to be generated or collected near a coastline.
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As she watched, they burst open and a tidal wave of liquid swept across the floor toward her.
Fiction book (1996) -
EBP is currently riding a tidal wave of popularity with good cause.
Academic text (2012) -
So some very supermassive black holes, you could still cross the horizon without being torn apart by tidal forces.
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Then she was struck by a tidal wave of dizziness, rapidly followed by great nausea.
Fiction book (1996) -
There, gravity pulls the oceans up into what's called a tidal bulge.
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Postmodernism hit geography like a tidal wave, and the consequences were predictable.
Academic text (1993)
Idioms
Compounds
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A pool near the sea that fills with water at high tide used for docks or flood control
A part of a river where the tide makes the water go in the other direction or rise and fall
How Tidal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tidal comes from the word tide, which comes from an old English word tid meaning 'time' or 'season'. Because sea tides come at regular times, tidal means 'relating to the rise and fall of the sea'.