astronomical tide

collocation in English

meaningsofastronomicalandtide

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astronomical
adjective
uk
/ˌæs.trəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌæs.trəˈnɑː.mɪ.kəl/
connected ...
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tide
noun
uk
/taɪd/us
/taɪd/
the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice ...
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(Definition ofastronomicalandtidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In itself, this does not pose a flood risk since coastal defences are designed to provide a margin over highestastronomicaltidelevels.
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In itself this does not pose a flood risk since coastal defences are designed to provide a margin over highestastronomicaltidelevels.
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The report states that, although the wave height, surge andastronomicaltidelevels were each high, they were not exceptional in their own right.
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I am told that it is the lowestastronomicaltide.
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Drying heights may also be shown on the chart, which are the heights of the exposed seabed at the lowestastronomicaltide.
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Special care is needed when assessing the size of a weather surge by subtracting theastronomicaltidefrom the observed tide.
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The pressure effect and the wind set-up on an open coast will be driven into bays in the same way as theastronomicaltide.
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Southerly winds will raise the water level aboveastronomicaltidelevels.
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Because the timeframe of both oscillations is comparable to naturally occurring (yet independent) astronomical tides, the two effects overlap and reinforce each other.
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The phenomenon occurs mainly between autumn and spring, when the astronomical tides are reinforced by the prevailing seasonal winds which hamper the usual reflux.
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