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tidal energy

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noun

  1. energy obtained by harnessing tidal power

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Two other planets in TOI-6713.01's vicinity are constantly squeezing and pushing on it in an effect called tidal energy, crushing its service and giving it an extremely eccentric orbit.

From Salon • May 14, 2024

This effect is called tidal energy, a term used when referencing one body's gravitational effect on another body.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

Sustainable Marine, a German-owned company that focuses on tidal energy, took a new approach.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

To get around this, Khojasteh says there should be more investment in making smaller, transportable tidal energy operations.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2023

The solar heat, the wind-power, the water-power of rivers, and even the tidal energy of the sea, have been and are now being harnessed to the machineries of Europe.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various