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amphidromic point

[am-fi-drom-ik, am-]

noun Oceanography.

a point of almost zero tidal fluctuation on the ocean surface, represented on a chart of cotidal lines by a point from which these lines radiate.

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Nearby words

  1. amphictyony,
  2. amphidamas,
  3. amphidentate,
  4. amphidiploid,
  5. amphidromia,
  6. amphigenous,
  7. amphigory,
  8. amphigouri,
  9. amphikaryon,
  10. amphilochus

Origin of amphidromic point

1935–40; < Greek amphídrom(os) running both ways + -ic; see amphi-, -drome
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