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Definition of Cotidal

Cotidal
Cotidal Co*tid"al (k?-t?d"al), a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.

Meaning of Cotidal from wikipedia

- called cotidal lines, which are analogous to contour lines of constant altitude on topographical maps, and when plotted form a cotidal map or cotidal chart...
- Cotidal lines are the set of places where high tide occurs at the same time. They sometimes all meet at a particular point called the amphidromic point...
- points. It was first discovered by William Whewell, who extrapolated the cotidal lines from the coast of the North Sea and found that the lines must meet...
- points where high tide occurred at the same time, and coined the term cotidal lines for them. For these studies he was awarded the Royal Medal in 1834...
- label Nonclassical. The Time and Tide Bell Organisation have commissioned COTIDAL, a film by the Devon-based artist Tania Kovats. The intention is for the...
- tidal constituent, peak amplitude indicated by color. White lines are cotidal lines spaced at phase intervals of 30° (a bit over 1 hr). Amphidromic points...
- tools in the analysis of data.: 182  He published a number of maps showing cotidal lines (a term coined by Lubbock) – lines joining points where high tide...
- 1 m to 0.2 m, respectively. In contrast, the lines of constant phase (cotidal lines) are mostly zonally oriented along the channel. Thus, the Gulf of...
- zero tidal elevation level at roughly hourly intervals, also known as cotidal lines. Where these lines intersect the tidal elevation is zero during a...
- used in Liverpool port. He also started to calculate the direction of cotidal lines and created charts. In 1924, he studied the effects of wind and atmospheric...