'Tidal' definitions:
Definition of 'tidal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave"
Definition of 'Tidal'
From: GCIDE
- Tidal \Tid"al\, a. Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters. [1913 Webster]
- The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.
- Tidal basin, a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.
- Tidal wave. (a) See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore. (b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tidal'
From: Easton
- Tidal (in the LXX. called "Thorgal"), styled the "king of nations" (Gen.14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch's brick (see facing page 139). _Goyyim_, translated "nations," is the country called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam.
Definition of 'tidal'
From: Hitchcock
- Tidal, that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation
Synonyms of 'tidal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluent,
- aquatic,
- balneal,
- confluent,
- coursing,
- decurrent,
- deep-sea,
- defluent,
- diffluent,
- estuarine,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluxional,
- fluxive,
- grallatorial,
- gulfy,
- gushing,
- littoral,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- natant,
- natatorial,
- natatory,
- pouring,
- profluent,
- racing,
- running,
- rushing,
- seashore,
- serpentine,
- shore,
- sluggish,
- streaming,
- surging,
- surgy,
- swimming,
- vortical,
- water-dwelling,
- water-growing,
- water-living,
- water-loving