| 单词 | retard of the tide | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasretard of the tide  2.  In full  retard of the tide. = retardation n. 2b(b). Now usually called the age of the tide. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > 			[noun]		 > high > interval between moon's transit and retard1833 retardation1845 1833    J. W. Lubbock in  Philos. Trans. 123 19  				The retard..at Portsmouth appears to be intermediate between that at Brest and at London. 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. 1862    New Amer. Cycl. XV. 471  				At Boston, this delay, which is called the retard, or age of the tide, is nearly 36 hours. 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. 2006    J. Condeça et al.  in  A. Baba et al.  Groundwater & Ecosystems 280  				Transmissivity and permeability values estimated through the tide amplitude are very distinct from the ones obtained by the retard of the tide effects. < as lemmas | 
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