king tide
nounEtymology
From king (“something preeminent”) + tide.
Definitions
An unusually high spring tide that occurs during full moon in the summer and winter…
An unusually high spring tide that occurs during full moon in the summer and winter months (when the earth is at perihelion and the earth, moon and sun are aligned).
- 2008, David Corlett, Stormy Weather: The Challenge of Climate Change and Displacement, UNSW Press, page 8, The unprecedented 2006 king tide was alarming.
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