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an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime" an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
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| tidal wave |
1. The wave motion of the tides. 2. In popular usage, any unusually high (and therefore destructive) water level along a shore. It usually refers to either a storm surge or tsunami.
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| tidal wave |
A term that seismologists hate. The correct word for the big waves people often call "tidal waves" is tsunami. True "tidal waves" - or waves caused by the tides - are the ordinary waves people see on the ocean. Travel time - The time required for a wave train to travel from its source to a point of observation. Tuff - Used loosely as a collective term for all consolidated pyroclastic rocks. ...
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| tidal wave |
i) An exceptionally large ocean wave, esp. a tsunami, ii) a widespread manifestation.
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| tidal wave |
common term for tsunami used in older literature, historical descriptions, and popular accounts. Tides, caused by the gravitational attractions of the sun and moon, may increase or decrease the impact of a tsunami, but have nothing to do with their generation or propagation. However, most tsunamis (initially) give the appearance of a fast-rising tide or fast-ebbing as they approach shore and only rarely as a near-vertical wall of water.
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