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tide table
noun
- a table listing the predicted times and heights of the tides for specific dates and places.
tide table
noun
- a table showing the height of the tide at different times of day over a period at a particular place
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tide table1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
Understanding tides was vital for seafarers, and the first predictive tide table appeared in 11th-century China in response to the powerful and deadly tidal bore that surges up the Qiantang River.
From Nautilus
I exclude all the technicalities that I can, but the reader should take note that the tide-table is very important henceforward.
From Project Gutenberg
I do not say this rule would enable you to construct a respectable tide-table.
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He called in one of the clerks, and told him to go out to get him an almanac with a tide-table.
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This curve is then measured, and the year's tide table readily made out.
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