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Definition of Seiche
1. Noun. A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances.
Definition of Seiche
1. Noun. (context: hydrology) A short-period standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seiche
1. an oscillation of the surface of a lake or landlocked sea [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seiche
Literary usage of Seiche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of Winds and of Barometric Pressures on the Great Lakes by John Fillmore Hayford (1922)
"the next seiche area, where it becomes a forced oscillation for the time being
and tends to set up a new seiche of the period natural to that area or to ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"Another effect of the separation of the loch into two compartments by the surface
of discontinuity, is to render possible the temperature seiche. ..."
3. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... of the seiche currents upon the shores. Wind Currents. —• When wind blows over
water it tends to drag the surface particles of the water along with it. ..."
4. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... of the seiche currents upon the shores. Wind Currents. — When wind blows over
water it tends to drag the surface particles of the water along with it. ..."
5. The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System: The Substance of by George Howard Darwin (1898)
"... and he gave an account of a celebrated seiche in the year 1600, when the water
oscillated through three or four feet; but hardly any systematic ..."
6. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"At Cleveland, the same seiche in the first oscillation ... A seiche of this
13.1-hour period is usually in progress at Buffalo and Cleveland. ..."
7. Lakes of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology by Israel Cook Russell (1895)
"seiche. — Lake waters are also sensitive to changes in atmospheric pressure.
In some instances variations of level during calm ..."
8. Elementary Mathematical Analysis: A Text Book for First Year College Students by Charles Sumner Slichter (1914)
"Exercises In the following exercises the height of the wave means the maximum
rise above the line of nodes. When a seiche is ..."
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