neap
1 Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of neap1
before 900; Middle English neep, Old English nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide
Origin of neap2
1545–55 origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The smallest tides, called neap tides, occur when the Sun is at a 90º angle to the Earth-Moon alignment.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Last week's was not only ebb but neap tide.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a neap tide, and the current was near slack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although at neap tide on many occasions I gathered many more, it was more for the beauty of the shells than the flavour of the fish inside them.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)
Every fortnight the two will agree, and you will get spring tides of maximum height CA + AB; every other fortnight the two will oppose, and you will get neap tides of maximum height CA-AB.
From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
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