mean low-water lunitidal interval

mean low-water lunitidal interval

[′mēn ¦lō ¦wȯd·ər ¦lü·nə¦tīd·əl ′in·tər·vəl]

(oceanography)

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

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