spring tide

spring tide

See also: springtide

English

Noun

spring tide (plural spring tides)

1. The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
   • 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Flooding at Lewes”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

     During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

Antonyms

• neap tide

Hyponyms

• king tide

Derived terms

• proxigean spring tide

Translations

tide which occurs when the moon is new or full

Afrikaans: springgety Catalan: marea viva f, marea de sizígia f Chinese: Mandarin: 大潮 (zh) (dàcháo) Danish: springflod (da) c Dutch: springtij (nl) n Esperanto: flusego Finnish: tulvavuoksi French: maline (fr) f, marée de vive eau f Galician: marea viva f German: Springflut f, Springtide Hebrew: גֵּאוּת וְשֵׁפֶל בְּמוֹלַד הַיָּרֵחַ וּבְמִלּוֹאוֹ‎ (geut veshefel bemolad hayareakh uvemilo'o), גֵּאוּת וָשֵׁפֶל בַּמּוֹלָד וּבַמָּלֵא‎ (geut vashefel bamolad uvamale) Irish: rabharta m Korean: 한사리 (hansari) Maori: uwheuwhe, taitai nui, tai nunui, tai koko, tai toko Norwegian: Bokmål: springflo (no) m or f Nynorsk: springflod f Portuguese: maré viva f, maré de sizígia f Russian: прилив (ru) m (priliv), полная вода (ru) f (polnaja voda) Scottish Gaelic: reothart m, reothairt f Spanish: marea de primavera f, marea viva f Thai: please add this translation if you can Welsh: llanw mawr m, gorllanw m

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