Waves and Tides

Vocabulary

Waves

• capillary waves
• constructive interference
• deep-water wave
• destructive interference
• dispersion
• disturbing force
• fetch
• forced waves
• free waves
• fully developed sea
• gravity waves
• group velocity
• interference
• internal wave
• node
• orbit
• orbital wave
• plunging wave
• progressive wave
• restoring force
• rogue wave
• sea
• sea state
• seiche
• seismic sea wave
• shallow-water wave
• spilling wave
• standing wave
• Stokes drift
• storm surge
• surf
• surf beat
• surf zone
• swell
• transitional wave
• tsunami
• wave
• wave crest
• wave diffraction
• wave frequency
• wave height
• wave period
• wave reflection
• wave refraction
• wave steepness
• wave train
• wave trough
• wavelength
• wind duration
• wind strength
• wind wave
  

Tides

• amphidromic point
• aphelion
• apogee
• diurnal tide
• dynamic theory of tides
• ebb current
• equilibrium theory of tides
• flood current
• high tide
• low tide
• lunar tide
• mean sea level
• meteorological tide
• mixed tide
• neap tide
• perigee
• perihelion
• semidiurnal tide
• slack water
• solar tide
• spring tide
• tidal bore
• tidal current
• tidal datum
• tidal range
• tidal wave
• tide
  

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