tidal rise and fall of water

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• rise — 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 …   Moby Thesaurus

• Tidal 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tidal waters — Waters in which the tide ebbs and flows. Chamberlain v Hemingway, 63 Conn 1, 27 A 239. Perhaps all salt waters. Water coming in from the sea because of the rising tide. Waters which rise and fall with the tides of the sea. It is the rise and fall …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Tidal 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… …   Energy terms

• tidal wave — noun /ˈtaɪdəlweɪv/ a) A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide. b) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.) …   Wiktionary

• tidal current — the alternating horizontal movement of water associated with the rise and fall of the tide. Often called the tide …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• tidal current — noun The flow of water caused by the rise and fall of the tide …   Wiktionary

• tidal box — noun : a hatching box used in fish culture with an automatic siphon that causes the level of the water in the box to rise and fall alternately …   Useful english dictionary

• Water wheel — This article is about the machine for converting energy of flowing or falling water. For paddle wheels used to propel watercraft, see paddle wheel ship. For wheels used solely to lift water, see Noria. For factories or industries driven by water… …   Wikipedia

• Current sea level rise — This article is about the current and future rise in sea level associated with global warming. For sea level changes in Earth s history, see Sea level#Changes through geologic time. Sea level measurements from 23 long tide gauge records in… …   Wikipedia

• Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …   Wikipedia