Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to tidal phenomena caused by the moon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to that part of the tidal movement which is dependent on the moon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.
- adjective See
Retard , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
tides caused by themoon - adjective Describing the difference in
time between the crossing of ameridian by the moon and the subsequenthigh tide at that point
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As indicated by its name, a "lunitidal interval" is the time elapsing between the passage of the moon across the meridian of the place or station and the occurrence of high or low water.
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If two stations have the same longitude, then the difference between the lunitidal intervals for the two stations denotes the difference in the times of occurrence of the tides.
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The mean lunitidal intervals and the mean ranges of tide, together with the approximate geographical positions of the stations, are as follows:
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