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| + | |definition= The periodic rise and fall in the level of the water in oceans and seas as a result of gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and the rotation of the earth.<ref> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual'', CIRIA Report 153.</ref>.}} | ||
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| + | A more general definition from a geophysical viewpoint is | ||
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| + | |definition= A tide is a distortion in the shape of a body induced by the gravitational pull of another nearby object.<ref> Morrison & Owen (1996). "The Planetary System", Addison-Wesley. </ref>.}} | ||
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| + | The term 'tide' in the Coastal Wiki refers to the first definition. | ||
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| + | ==Related articles== | ||
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| + | [[Ocean and shelf tides]] | ||
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| + | [[Tidal motion in shelf seas]] | ||
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| + | [[Coriolis acceleration]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:31, 29 September 2018
Definition of Tide:
The periodic rise and fall in the level of the water in oceans and seas as a result of gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and the rotation of the earth.[1].
This is the common definition for Tide, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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A more general definition from a geophysical viewpoint is
Definition of Tide (more general):
A tide is a distortion in the shape of a body induced by the gravitational pull of another nearby object.[2].
This is the common definition for Tide (more general), other definitions can be discussed in the article
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The term 'tide' in the Coastal Wiki refers to the first definition.
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