tidal

adjective

Relating to or affected by tides.

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Dependent on or scheduled by the time of high tide.

Of or pertaining to a tide or the tides; subject to or characterized by a periodical rise and fall or ebb and flow: as, a tidal river; tidal waters; a tidal basin.

Dependent on the tides: as, a tidal steamer (that is, a steamer the hour of whose departure is regulated by the state of the tide); tidal trains (that is, trains that run in connection with tidal steamers).

Figuratively, a wide-spread or general manifestation of strong feeling or sentiment: as, a tidal wave of popular indignation.

adjective

Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing.

adjective

the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.

adjective

a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.

adjective

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.

adjective

relating to tides