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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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