In addition to oceanic tides, there are 'atmospheric tides' as well as 'earth tides'.
The tidal effect is called a solid Earth tide to distinguish it from an oceanic tide, he said.
Domed cities were rising under the seas; other cities floated on the oceanic tides.
Tidal power is taken from the Earth's oceanic tides; tidal forces are periodic variations in gravitational attraction exerted by celestial bodies.
The forces discussed here apply to body (Earth tides), oceanic and atmospheric tides.
The presence of large amphidromic systems in the world's ocean basins was long ago theorized, to explain the oceanic tides that are actually observed.
Rickety docks and pilings swayed to the hypnotic rhythm of the planet's oceanic tides.
Earth's net (or equivalent) equilibrium tide has an amplitude of only 3.23 cm, which is totally swamped by oceanic tides that can exceed one metre.
In addition to oceanic tides, large lakes can experience small tides and even planets can experience atmospheric tides and Earth tides.
Tidal forces create the oceanic tide of Earth's oceans, where the attracting bodies are the Moon and, to a lesser extent, the Sun.