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spring tide
The definition of a spring tide is a flood or rising of water especially during a new or full moon.
(noun)An example of a spring tide is an rising of the ocean levels.
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See spring tide in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- a type of tide that occurs at the time of a new moon or full moon: at these times the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower than the corresponding tides during neap tide because of the gravitational effects of the straight-line alignment of the moon, earth, and sun
- any great flow, rush, or flood
See spring tide in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The exceptionally high and low tides that occur at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the sun, moon, and earth are approximately aligned.
- A great flood or rush, as of emotion.
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spring tide
Spring tides occur when the sun and moon are directly in line with the earth and their gravitational pulls reinforce each other.
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