Tidal

a.

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Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. - Longfellow. Tidal air (Physiol.) the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches. Tidal basin a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide. Tidal wave a - See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore. b - A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.

Adj.

1.

tidal - of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave"

affluent, aquatic, balneal, confluent, coursing, decurrent, deep-sea, defluent, diffluent, estuarine, flowing, fluent, fluxional, fluxive, grallatorial, gulfy, gushing, littoral, mazy, meandering, natant, natatorial, natatory, pouring, profluent, racing, running, rushing, seashore, serpentine, shore, sluggish, streaming, surging, surgy, swimming, vortical, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving

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