Look up: tidal-wave

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   Tidal wave
   (1) A wave, in the oceans and seas, produced by tides and tidal currents. (2) Non-technical term in popular usage for an unusually high and destructive water level along a shore. It usually refers to STORM SURGE or TSUNAMI.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   tidal wave
   [n] - a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)
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   Tidal Wave
   Operational code name for the US bombing of the Romanian oilfields of Ploesti - August 1943
   Found on http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/glosst.h
   
   
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   tidal wave
   The wave between the percussion wave and the dicrotic wave in the downward limb of the arterial pulse tracing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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   tidal wave
   noun a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
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   Tidal wave
   The term `tidal wave` can refer to: *A tidal bore, a large movement of water formed by the funneling of the incoming tide into a river or narrow bay *A tsunami, generally caused by an earthquake or underwater rock slide, that can cause substantial destruction at shore *A rogue wave of up to 100 feet high, often in the middle of the ocean and against prevailing current and wave direction *The crest (physics) of a tide as it moves around the Earth...
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   tidal wave
   the wave after the percussion wave on a sphygmograph recording; the second elevation of the tracing, preceding the dicrotic wave.
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
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   tidal wave
   tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. In popular usage the term tidal wave also is often applied to any destructive wave or to high water not r...
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   Tidalwave
   `Tidalwave` was the first album in the album-a-month project, written, recorded and produced by rock musician Sean Terrington Wright. It was released as a CD in April 2007. It contained 13 tracks.
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