high-water lunitidal interval

high-water lunitidal interval

[′hī ¦wȯd·ər ¦lün·ə¦tīd·əl ′in·tər·vəl]

(geophysics)

The interval of time between the transit (upper or lower) of the moon and the next high water at a place.

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