Sentence examples for neap tide from inspiring English sources
noun
The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
- Spring tides occur when the Sun and Moon line up, since the gravities of the two bodies add together to create larger tidal forces. Neap tides occur when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to one another as seen from Earth. In this case, the gravitational forces counteract each other, creating weaker tidal forces. Neil F. Comins, "A New Slant on Earth", Astronomy, Vol. 20, Iss. 7
It can pull a boat much farther than your average quarter-moon neap tide.
The actual toll is probably considerably higher, swelled by legions of the stealthy, who sneak onto the bridge after the walkway closes at sundown and are carried to sea with the neap tide.
Asked by a former marine about the tidal phenomenon, Dr. Olson spent six months researching and mastering tidal theory and discovered that the military planners were aware that they had to contend with a "neap" tide.
With a neap tide the Zodiacs were able to speed through both, into an enclosed bay where we came, suddenly, upon our first crocodile, semi-submerged in the still water, eyes and jaw just above the surface, four metres of greeny-black scales bobbing menacingly behind.
The Reynolds stresses show symmetry at the neap tide but less so for the spring tide.
The minimum (2016 m3) and maximum (5568 m3) volumes of the bag-net were observed during the period when the spring tide changed to the neap tide.
The human female reproductive cycle is also approximately circalunar, according to a 28-day rhythm of spring and neap tides.
At London Bridge, in the heart of the metropolis, the river rises 22 feet (7 metres) on the spring tides and 18 feet (5.5 metres) on the neap tides.
Tidal amplitudes, the contrast between spring and neap tides, and the variation of times of high and low tide all vary widely from place to place.
Twice a year, during the neap tides of the moon's last quarter in October and November, the worms rise to the surface in swarms that cover the water.
"These large eels are generally found hiding in the many wrecks around the south-west, or on reefs and rocky ground, but they do venture out to open ground in search of food, usually during neap tides or slack water.
