neap tides

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plural form of neap tide
neap tide
The tide which occurs when the Moon is in its first and third quarter; the effects of the Sun and Moon being partially cancelled out this type of tide is of minimum range
neap tide
a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
neap tide
n. A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least; the lowest level of high tide. Neap tide comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon. a very small rise and fall of the level of the sea at the times of the first and third quarters of the moon spring tide