TIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tidal mean? 

• TIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective TIDAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or caused by tides

  Familiarity information: TIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or caused by tides

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

tidal wave

Pertainym:

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

Derivation:

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

 Context examples 

This makes it more vulnerable to the impact of tidal forces that tug at it.

(NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old, NASA)

Two new studies characterize tidal disruption flares by studying how surrounding dust absorbs and re-emits their light, like echoes.

(Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars, NASA)

It is thought that tidal heating has extended the lifetimes of subsurface oceans on Europa and Enceladus by keeping their interiors warm.

(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)

Administration of a substance in the form gas, aerosol, emulsion, or liquid (during partial and tidal liquid ventilation), or fine powder into the lung, often with systemic action.

(Intrapulmonary Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal inhalation.

(Inspiratory Reserve Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal inhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Inspiratory Reserve Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV) as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Tidal heating has likely melted the interior of Triton, producing the volcanoes, fractures and other geological features that Voyager saw on that bitterly cold, icy surface.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)

The volcanoes are caused by tidal heating, the result of gravitational forces from Jupiter and other moons.

(New Research Reveals Fluctuating Atmosphere of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon, NASA)

This results in an increased tidal volume and a slightly increased respiratory rate.

(Doxapram Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)