Science / Weather / Tide: The periodic rising and falling of the earth's oceans and atmosphere. It is the result of the tide-producing forces of the moon and the sun acting on the rotating earth. This propagates a wave through the atmosphere and along the surface of the earth's waters.
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Science / Tides and Currents / Solar Tide: (1) The part of the tide that is due to the tide-producing force of the Sun. (2) The observed tide in areas where the solar tide is dominant. This condition provides for phase repetition at about the MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Storm Tide: As used by the National Weather Service, NOAA, the sum of the storm surge and astronomic tide. See storm surge. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Subordinate Tide Station: (1) A tide station from which a relatively short series of observations is reduced by comparison with simultaneous observations from a tide station with a relatively long series of observations. See t MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Tide Curve: A graphic representation of the rise and fall of the tide in which time is usually represented by the abscissa and height by the ordinate. For a semidiurnal tide with little diurnal inequality, the gr MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Tide-Producing Potential: Tendency for particles on the Earth to change their positions as a result of the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Although gravitational attraction varies inversely as the MORE
Science / Genetics / Oligonucleotide: A molecule usually composed of 25 or fewer nucleotides: used as a dna synthesis primer. MORE