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232 months ago

hklst (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	eine höher auflaufende Flut
Context:	Eine Springflut ist eine höher
Keywords:	-

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232 months ago

David Moore wrote:

A spring tide is the highest-rising tide in the respective lunar cycle

My comment:

The German, I say is NOT correct - at best it's not adequate; this is the definition of a spring tide, as it varies slightly from one lunar cycle to the next, depending on the relative positions of sun. moon and earth.

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232 months ago

David Moore wrote:

proxigean spring tide

My comment:

There are two types of tides: neap and proxigean. Neap is more low and proxigean is more high.

My references:

Remembered my high school Geography at the right time!!

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232 months ago

Murad AWAD wrote:

A more highly accumulating tide

My comment:

A spring tide is a more highly accumulating tide

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232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Cost or turnover can be accumulated, i. e. figures in general, but nothing I can think of "more highly". SORRY - no way!

232 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

A spring tide is a higher rising tide

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232 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

a high rising tide

My comment:

A spring tide is a high-rising tide, or a flash flood is a high-rising flood, depending on your context. there are several google his for both, two of which I listed.

My references:

www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/katrina/nws_hurricaneforecast.htm
www.skybirdcruise.com/coda's_adventure.htm

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232 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

A spring tide is one which rises higher than usual.

My comment:

As it stands the sentence is not terribly helpful - the point about a spring tide is that it is the *highest* tide (not just a 'higher' tide) in the lunar cycle.

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