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macrotidal

macrotidal adjective: having a relatively large tidal range (greater than 4 metres).

Adjective

macrotidal (not comparable)

  1. Having a relatively large tidal range (greater than 4 metres)
    • In the macrotidal environments of NW Australia this is likely to be less for open water areas but may be comparable for semi enclosed embayments.2015 October 16, “Zooplankton Growth, Respiration and Grazing on the Australian Margins of the Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of macrotidal

From macro- + tidal.

Questions about macrotidal

What does macrotidal mean?
Macrotidal means having a relatively large tidal range (greater than 4 metres).
What part of speech is macrotidal?
Macrotidal is an adjective.

Words near macrotidal in the dictionary

  1. macrothrombocytosis
  2. macrothromboembolism
  3. macrothrombosis
  4. macrothrombus
  5. macrotia
  6. macrotidal
  7. macrotide
  8. macrotides
  9. macrotissue
  10. macrotissues
  11. macrotrabecular

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