Tide

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.

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Famous quotes containing the word tide:

    “It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “As the tide crept, the land
    burned with a lizard-blue
    where the dark sea met the sand.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “‘Tis with my mind
    As with the tide swelled up unto his height,
    That makes a still-stand, running neither way.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)