A tidal stream can refer to two different phenomena:
- in marine science it refers to the currents associated with the tides, generally near a coastline or harbor
- in astrophysics it refers to the streams of stars and gas that result from the interaction of gas and star clusters with a galactic tide
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“And now it is once more the tidal wave
That when it was swept by, leaves summits stained.
Oh, blood will out. It cannot be contained.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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