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Definition of Seiches
1. n. pl. Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.
Definition of Seiches
1. Noun. (plural of seiche) ¹
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Definition of Seiches
1. seiche [n] - See also: seiche
Medical Definition of Seiches
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seiches
Literary usage of Seiches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System: The Substance of by George Howard Darwin (1898)
"It is obvious, therefore, that whatever be the cause of seiches, that cause must
vary widely in ... According to Forel, seiches arise from several causes. ..."
2. Effects of Winds and of Barometric Pressures on the Great Lakes by John Fillmore Hayford (1922)
"seiches. A seiche is an oscillation in the waters of the lake under the ...
The seiches of Lake Erie, and to a lesser extent of Lake Michigan-Huron, ..."
3. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1834)
"On the seiches of Lakes. By Colonel JR Jackson, FRGS, ... The seiches of the Lake
of Geneva were observed, in the beginning of the last century, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"seiches of shorter period were also of frequent occurrence, notably a seiche with
a period of about 8-8 minutes, of which some remarkably pure records were ..."
5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1834)
"On the seiches of the Lake of Geneva. * THE term seiches is an appellation which
is given in the neighbourhood to certain sudden elevations and depressions ..."
6. The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe by Elisée Reclus (1873)
"seiches.— CURRENTS AKD TIDES.—FORMATION OF ICE IN LAKES. LAKES are not only
distinguished from each ... Such are the seiches of the Lake of Geneva and the ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"They have long been known and observed in Switzerland, and especially on the Lake
of Geneva, where they are known by the name of " seiches. ..."
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