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gravitational tide
An atmospheric tide due to gravitational attraction of the sun or moon. The semidiurnal solar atmospheric tide is partly gravitational; the semidiurnal lunar atmospheric tide is totally gravitational. See thermal tide, tide-producing force.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Weather
- Category: Meteorology
- Company: AMS
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