Tidal

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tidal \Tid"al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides;
     periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as,
     tidal waters.
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           The tidal wave of deeper souls
           Into our inmost being rolls,
           And lifts us unawares
           Out of all meaner cares.                 --Longfellow.
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     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tidal
       adj : of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "tidal":
     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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Tidal
     (in the LXX. called "Thorgal"), styled the "king of nations"
     (Gen.14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch's brick (see
     facing page 139). _Goyyim_, translated "nations," is the country
     called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Tidal, that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation