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neap tide

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 247 words | Copyright

neap tide The tide of small range that occurs every 14 days, near the times of the first and last quarter of the Moon, when the Moon, Earth, and Sun are at right angles. The neap tidal range is 10–30 per cent less than the mean tidal range.

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