Lexic.us

Definition of Tidal wave

1. Noun. An overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon. "A tidal wave of crime"

2. Noun. An unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.

3. Noun. A wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun.

Definition of Tidal wave

1. Noun. A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide. ¹

2. Noun. (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.) ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) A sudden and powerful surge. ¹

4. Noun. (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave. ¹

5. Noun. (context: oceanography) A crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Tidal wave

1. The wave between the percussion wave and the dicrotic wave in the downward limb of the arterial pulse tracing. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tidal Wave

tidal energy tidal flow tidal force tidal forces tidal influence tidal island tidal islands tidal locking tidal prism tidal regime

tidal river tidal stream tidal volume tidal volumes tidal waters tidal wave (current term) tidal waves tidal zone tidalite tidalites

tidally tidally locked tidbit tidbits tiddier tiddies tiddiest tiddle tiddled tiddledywinks

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