tidal volume

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noun

the volume of water associated with a rising tide

physiol the amount of air passing into and out of the lungs during normal breathing

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Words nearby tidal volume

tidal flat, tidal force, tidal light, tidal pool, tidal power, tidal volume, tidal wave, tidbit, tiddler, tiddly, tiddlywink

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How to use tidal volume in a sentence

The books in the study include a set of Shaw's plays with the first volume inscribed to Hitchcock from GBS.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Met is noteworthy not only for its house size, however, but for the sheer volume of its season.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year|Shawn E. Milnes|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tragically, Cary did not live to complete the second volume, and in 2000 I began work in earnest on this book.
This Republican Loved Taxes & Modern Art|Scott Porch|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The planet is deep in the gravitational well of a black hole, and the black hole would surely have very high tidal forces.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves|Marlow Stern|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Can there actually be massive tidal waves like the one we saw on the first planet they visited?
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves|Marlow Stern|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
The increased volume of the supply thus produced inevitably forces down the price till it sinks to the point of cost.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

Medical definitions for tidal volume

tidal volume

The volume of air inspired or expired in a single breath during regular breathing.tidal air

Scientific definitions for tidal volume

tidal volume

The volume of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath. Also called tidal air