English Dictionary

neap tide

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈniːpˌtaɪd/

名詞

The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.

日本語の意味

月の第1・第3四半期の直後に生じる、満潮と干潮の差が最も小さい状態の潮の動き。

Fishermen adjusted their nets during the neap tide when the range between high and low water was minimal.

漁師たちは満潮と干潮の差が最も小さくなる小潮の時期に網を調整した。

意味（1）

The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.

Spring tides occur when the Sun and Moon line up, since the gravities of the two bodies add together to create larger tidal forces. Neap tides occur when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to one another as seen from Earth. In this case, the gravitational forces counteract each other, creating weaker tidal forces.

neap tides （ plural ）