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单词 age of the tide
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age of the tide
c. age of the tide: the time that has elapsed during the tidal cycle, or since a particular phase of the moon; (in later use) spec. the time elapsed between the new or full moon and the subsequent appearance of the spring tide.
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1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 680 The Bar..yet affords considerably differing soundings in the same Age and time of the tides, according to the season of the Year.
1787 Scots Mag. Nov. 527/1 The town [sc. Fraserburgh]..has a safe and commodious harbour, with 11 to 16 feet water, according to the age of the tide.
1822 Philos. Mag. 60 336 Generally speaking, the age of the tide when it arrives at London Bridge amounts to about twelve hours.
1834 W. Whewell in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 14 New Ser. 305 The length of time required for this purpose I have called the Age of the Tide. Mr. Lubbock, following Laplace, calls it the Retard.
1926 H. A. Marmer Tide iii. 48 This retard in the response of the tide is called the ‘age of the tide’ and is generally ascribed to the effects of friction.
2004 D. Pugh Changing Sea Levels iii. 52 The age of the tide is an old but still useful term applied to the interval between the time of new or full moon and the tide of maximum semidiurnal spring range, which usually occurs one or two days later.
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