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TIDAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or caused by tides
Example:
tidal wave
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
Derivation:
tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
Context examples:
The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV).
(Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus)
The maximum volume of air a subject can exhale from the lungs after a tidal exhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.
(Percent Predicted Expiratory Reserve Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The maximum volume of air a subject can exhale from the lungs after a tidal exhalation.
(Expiratory Reserve Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
The simplest model of tidal flexing provides a good match for the brightness variations Cassini observes, but it does not predict the time when the plume begins to brighten.
(101 Geysers on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
As the strong gravity of Sgr A* pulls clumps of material inwards, tidal forces stretch the clumps as they get closer to the black hole.
(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)
The researchers note that there is evidence that Mimas' current, elongated orbit could have been even more stretched out in the past, which might have created enough tidal heating to produce an ocean.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
The researchers worked on a tidal marsh called the "Global Change Research Wetland," home to one of the world's longest-running field experiments on climate change.
(High carbon dioxide can create 'shrinking stems' in marshes, National Science Foundation)
One potential explanation of the Cow is that a star has been ripped apart in what astronomers call a "tidal disruption event."
(Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes, NASA)
When mammals exhale, the depleted air follows the same route out of the body, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern.
(Following the lizard lung labyrinth, National Science Foundation)
Due to tidal locking, the planet's surface temperature facing the star is roughly 4300°C (7772°F), more than the surface temperature of an average Red Dwarf star.
(Astronomers reveal discovery of the hottest gas giant exoplanet known yet, Wikinews)
