tidal rise
1tidal rise — the height of tide as referred to the datum of a chart …
2tidal bore — bore (1) a rapid tidal rise in a river that forms an advancing wall of water. Also called eagre) …
3Tidal power — Tidal power, sometimes called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other useful forms of power.Although not yet widely used, tidal power has potential for future electricity generation. Tides …
4Tidal acceleration — is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting natural satellite ( i.e. a moon), and the planet (called the primary) that it orbits. It causes a gradual recession of a satellite in a prograde orbit away from the primary, and a corresponding …
5Tidal bore — Aegir redirects here. For the mythological figure, see Ægir. For the moon of Saturn, see Aegir (moon). The tidal bore in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska A tidal bore (or simply bore in context, or also aegir, eagre, or eygre) is a tidal phenomenon in… …
6rise — Synonyms and related words: Great Leap Forward, Olympian heights, abruptness, access, accession, acclivity, accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accrue, accrue from, accruement, accumulate, accumulation, achieve success, acme, action and reaction …
7Tidal wave — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …
8tidal wave — noun 1. an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon a tidal wave of nausea the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave a tidal wave of crime • Hypernyms: ↑manifestation 2. an unusual (and often destructive) rise of …
9Tidal Power — The power available from the rise and fall of ocean tides. A tidal power plant works on the principal of a dam or barrage that captures water in a basin at the peak of a tidal flow, then directs the water through a hydroelectric turbine as the… …
10tidal wave — /ˈtaɪdl weɪv / (say tuydl wayv) noun 1. (in non technical use) a tsunami. 2. Also, tidal surge. a large wave caused by the combination of floods and high tides caused by a cyclone. 3. either of the two great wavelike swellings of the ocean… …
