Definition of Tidal

Tid´al
a.1.Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
The tidal wave of deeper souls
Into our inmost being rolls,
And lifts us unawares
Out of all meaner cares.
- Longfellow.
Tidal air
(Physiol.) the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.
Tidal basin
a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.
Tidal wave
a - See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore.
b - 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.


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affluent, aquatic, balneal, confluent, coursing, decurrent, deep-sea, defluent, diffluent, estuarine, flowing, fluent, fluxional, fluxive, grallatorial, gulfy, gushing, littoral, mazy, meandering, natant, natatorial, natatory, pouring, profluent, racing, running, rushing, seashore, serpentine, shore, sluggish, streaming, surging, surgy, swimming, vortical, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving

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