neap range

neap range
амплитуда квадратурного отлива
амплитуда квадратурного прилива

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  • neap tide — noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon • Syn: ↑neap • Ant: ↑springtide • Hypernyms: ↑high tide, ↑high water, ↑highwater * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • neap tide — a tide of decreased range occurring semi monthly, between the time of new and full moon. The sun and moon are at right angles to each other so their net gravitational effect on the sea is reduced. The neap tidal range is usually 10 to 30 percent… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • neap — 1. noun /niːp/ The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. 2. adjective /niːp/ Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low… …   Wiktionary

  • neap — adj. [ME. neep, neap] A series of tides exhibiting a small tidal range; occurring midway between spring tides …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • neap — Synonyms and related words: couchant, crouched, dead low water, debased, depressed, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flat, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full tide, high tide, high water, knee high, knocked flat, laid… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • neap tide — ▪ physics       tide of minimal range occurring near the time when the Moon and the Sun are in quadrature. This condition is geometrically defined as the time at which the line from the Earth to the Moon is at right angles to the line from the… …   Universalium

  • neap tide — noun Date: circa 1548 a tide of minimum range occurring at the first and the third quarters of the moon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • neap tide — noun The tide which occurs when the Moon is in its first and third quarter; the effects of the Sun and Moon being partially cancelled out this type of tide is of minimum range. Ant: spring tide …   Wiktionary

  • neap tide —   a low tidal range caused when the angle of a line drawn from the sun to the earth and then to the moon is 90 In this twice monthly situation the gravitational pulls of sun and moon are in opposition thus the high tide is not so high and the… …   Geography glossary

  • Tidal range — The tidal range is the vertical difference between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. In other words, it is the difference in height between high and low tides. The most extreme tidal range will occur around the time of the full or… …   Wikipedia

  • Chennai Port — (Madras Port) Chennai Port Location Country …   Wikipedia


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