atmospheric tide
nounMeteorology.
a movement of atmospheric masses caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and by daily solar heating.
Origin of atmospheric tide
1First recorded in 1825–35
Words Nearby atmospheric tide
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How to use atmospheric tide in a sentence
This atmospheric tide is due, no doubt, to the same cause that produces the aqueous tides—the attraction of the moon.
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