Trabic@lemmy.one to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIs there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?Trabic@lemmy.one to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
Half-tide doesn’t sound right to me, slack-tide is something else entirely, my google-fu has failed me.
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago“Stand of the tide” is offered by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_tide?wprov=sfti1#Misconceptions
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago stand of the tide’, which is when tide levels ‘stand’ at a maximum or minimum Isn’t that when it’s just standing at high or low tide?
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWe use them as just the tide flow here. I wouldn’t be taken aback if someone said half tide, and is probably what I would use if I was asked on the spot
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoStand of the tide seems different than the midpoint. At the midpoint the tide is definitely changing in one direction or another.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoStand of the tide seems maximum or minimum. Idk the answer to your question, but it seems like there should be one. Equitide or something.
“Stand of the tide” is offered by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_tide?wprov=sfti1#Misconceptions
Isn’t that when it’s just standing at high or low tide?
We use them as just the tide flow here.
I wouldn’t be taken aback if someone said half tide, and is probably what I would use if I was asked on the spot
Stand of the tide seems different than the midpoint. At the midpoint the tide is definitely changing in one direction or another.
Stand of the tide seems maximum or minimum.
Idk the answer to your question, but it seems like there should be one. Equitide or something.