tide-generating force

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the difference between the force of gravity exerted by the moon or the sun on a particle of water in the ocean and that exerted on an equal mass of matter at the centre of the earth. The lunar tide-generating forces are about 2.2 times greater than are the solar onesSee also neap tide, spring tide, tide 1

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Words nearby tide-generating force

tide, tide-bound, tide gage, tide gate, tide-gauge, tide-generating force, tidehead, tide in the affairs of men, There is a, tideland, tideline, tide lock

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How to use tide-generating force in a sentence

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In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
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