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 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. —

cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023 This process is formally called a tidal disruption event. —

Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022 Lucchini added that researchers expect to see more such tidal disruption events, or TDEs, in the future. —

Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2022 Only about 1% of tidal disruption events result in relativistic jets (or beams moving at close to the speed of light) that launch plasma and radiation from the poles of a rotating black hole. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022 Enlarge / Illustration of a star being spaghettified as it’s sucked in by a supermassive black hole during a tidal disruption event (TDE). —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022 To pinpoint where these microscopic indicators once existed, the NJDEP deployed a team of researchers into several marshes along the coastline, ranging from heavily polluted wetlands in the north to near-pristine tidal marshes in the south. —

Jack Tamisiea, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2022 In Kearny, the railway crosses two bridges — both in need of significant repairs — and runs through a tidal marsh along a narrow berm, which Mr. Santos said ambulances and police cars cannot easily traverse. —

Tracey Tully, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022 See More

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