Tidal
['taɪd(ə)l] or ['taɪdl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
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Examples
- They are sent out through this magnetic field, and follow the earth’s curvature, in the same way that tidal waves follow the ocean’s surface. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- To that had life progressed 3000 or 4000 years ago from its starting-place in the slime of the tidal beaches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was as though you had thrown a stone and the stone made a ripple and the ripple returned roaring and toppling as a tidal wave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had left London, on the previous morning, by the tidal train, for Dover. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Jeffco, see what time the tidal train starts to-morrow morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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