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The wave motion of the tides. in popular usage, any unusually high (and therefore destructive) water level along a shore. It usually refers to either a storm surge or tsunami.

A common term for tsunami used in older literature, historical descriptions and popular accounts. Tides, caused by the gravitational attractions of the sun and moon, may increase or decrease the impact of a tsunami, but have nothing to do with their generation or propagation. However, most tsunami (initially) give the appearance of a fast rising or [..]

A shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Essentially, high water is the crest of a tidal wave and low water, the trough. Tidal current is the hor [..]

Water waves caused by the gravitational interactions between the EARTH; Moon; and SUN.

Name given, erroneously, to an unusually large wave-that is generally due to anything but tidal action. A tsunami.

1) the periodic variations of sea level caused by the moon's pull, and also caused by earthquakes 2) in everyday language, referring to any unusually high and destructive water level along a shor [..]

Operational code name for the US bombing of the Romanian oilfields of Ploesti - August 1943

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The wave motion of the tides. Often incorrectly used to describe a tsunami, storm surge, or other unusually high and therefore destructive water levels along a shore that are unrelated to the tides.

A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide. (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See , ''Dude, Where’s My Count [..]

Wave motion due to astronomical forcing. In popular usage, it is incorrectly used to refer to any unusually high (and therefore destructive) water level along a shore. It usually refers to either a st [..]