tidal

adjective

tid·al ˈtī-dᵊl

: of, relating to, caused by, or having tides

tidal cycles

tidal erosion

: periodically rising and falling or flowing and ebbing

tidal waters

: dependent (as to the time of arrival or departure) upon the state of the tide

a tidal steamer

tidally

ˈtī-dᵊl-ē

adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The expedition’s aim: to find a subterranean canyon where a tidal river washed over black sand fabulously rich in gold. —

Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023 By absorbing the tidal energy, the team’s MetaReef managed to reduce wave amplitudes by as much as 80 percent. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2023 And the way to do that has to be through low-carbon energies, ideally wind, solar, tidal, hydro, or nuclear. —

IEEE Spectrum, 6 Apr. 2023 The state’s lawsuit references numerous inspections at the facility from September 2021 to last month, all of which uncovered acidic discharges into the Jones Falls, a tributary of the Inner Harbor and the tidal Patapsco River. —

Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023 The barrier islands are landforms that developed from the buildup of tidal sand deposits. —

Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023 But this is exactly why these islands have such extraordinary sandbars: The shifting currents reveal islands of sand at the same place and time during each tidal cycle. —

Noelle Khalila Nicolls, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023 Those with seawalls so low that tidal flooding breaches the seawall and sends water into neighboring yards and nearby roadways. —

Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023 Some also makes it to the coast and enters the tidal marshes, estuaries, bays and oceans. —

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