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neap tide

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neap tide
either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
neap tide [′nēp ‚tīd]
(oceanography)
Tide of decreased range occurring about every 2 weeks when the moon is in quadrature, that is, during its first and last quarter. Also known as neaps.
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During the summer neap tides, most of the channels were a little over 1 m deep during the sampling interval.
Habitat use and population dynamics of blue crabs, Callinectes ... by Ramach, Sean; Darnell, M. Zachary; Avissar, Naomi; Rittschof, Daniel / Journal of Shellfish Research
On neap tides, it will go out less far and there will be less time available for rockpooling.
Out and about on Redcar Rocks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
As a result, its price on the books for the final went out like a neap tide.
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