AMPHIDROMIC POINT


Meaning of AMPHIDROMIC POINT in English

/am"fi drom"ik, am'-/ , Oceanog.

a point of almost zero tidal fluctuation on the ocean surface, represented on a chart of cotidal lines by a point from which these lines radiate.

[ 1935-40; amphídrom ( os ) running both ways + -IC; see AMPHI-, -DROME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .