Example sentences from the Web for neap tide

Now, the fisherman walked just about the neap-tide, high-water mark, sometimes above it and sometimes below.
John Thorndyke's Cases|R. Austin Freeman
But when there has been a neap-tide in his temper for any time, you're sure to find it followed by a flood with a vengeance.
The Pilot|J. Fenimore Cooper
But they might as well have bidden the Neap-tide turn before its Hour.
The Household of Sir Thomas More|Anne Manning
I lately read, in a thrilling narrative of escape from drowning, 'It was neap-tide, and the sea was very far out.'
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire|John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot

It was neap-tide, too, and therefore nothing could be done among the rocks.
Glaucus|Charles Kingsley

neap tide

noun

either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal levelCompare spring tide (def. 1)

Words nearby neap tide

neap, neaped, Neapolitan, Neapolitan ice cream, Neapolitan sixth, neap tide, near, near at hand, near beer, nearby, Nearctic

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Scientific definitions for neap tide

neap tide

[ nēp ]

A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the least. Neap tides occur twice a month when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to the Earth. When this is the case, their total gravitational pull on the Earth's water is weakened because it comes from two different directions. Compare spring tide. See more at tide.

单词	neap tide
释义	Example sentences from the Web for neap tide Now, the fisherman walked just about the neap-tide, high-water mark, sometimes above it and sometimes below. John Thorndyke's Cases\|R. Austin Freeman But when there has been a neap-tide in his temper for any time, you're sure to find it followed by a flood with a vengeance. The Pilot\|J. Fenimore Cooper But they might as well have bidden the Neap-tide turn before its Hour. The Household of Sir Thomas More\|Anne Manning I lately read, in a thrilling narrative of escape from drowning, 'It was neap-tide, and the sea was very far out.' Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire\|John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot It was neap-tide, too, and therefore nothing could be done among the rocks. Glaucus\|Charles Kingsley neap tide noun either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal levelCompare spring tide (def. 1) Words nearby neap tide neap, neaped, Neapolitan, Neapolitan ice cream, Neapolitan sixth, neap tide, near, near at hand, near beer, nearby, Nearctic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for neap tide neap tide [ nēp ] A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the least. Neap tides occur twice a month when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to the Earth. When this is the case, their total gravitational pull on the Earth's water is weakened because it comes from two different directions. Compare spring tide. See more at tide. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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