Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tidal force

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: tidal -force
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides.

Inflected Forms

tidal forces (plural)

Questions

What does tidal force mean?: Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides.

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