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单词 amphidromic
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amphiˈdromicadj.1

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rare—0. The mod. form of the next, if used.
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amphidromic adj.2 /-ˈdrɒmɪk/ [Greek ἀμϕίδρομος running both ways] (see quots.).
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Amphidromic.
1938 Nature 11 June 1067/1 The effect of uniting the two waves which will have the higher part of their crests on opposite shores is to produce a set of amphidromic points. These are points at which there is no tidal rise and fall of the water level.
1947 Sci. News 4 92 In the northern hemisphere the tidal oscillation will appear to rotate in an anticlockwise direction round such a point, and cotidal lines, joining points which have high water at the same time, will radiate from it. The point is called an amphidromic point.
1947 Sci. News 4 92 The rotation of the tide-producing forces round the sea also operates so as to produce an amphidromic system.
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