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neap

(niːp)
adj
(Physical Geography) of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide
n
(Physical Geography) short for neap tide
[Old English, as in nēpflōd neap tide, of uncertain origin]
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neap

(nip)

adj.
1. designating those tides, midway between spring tides, that attain the least height.
n.
2. neap tide.
[before 900; Middle English neep, Old English nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.neap - a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moonneap - a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
high tide, high water, highwater - the tide when the water is highest
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Translations

neap

[niːp] N (also neap tide) → marea f muerta
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neap

[ˈniːp] n (also neaptide) → mortes-eaux fpl
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neap

n (also neap-tide)Nippflut f, → Nippzeit f, → Nipptide f (N Ger)
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neap

[niːp] n (also neap tide) → marea di quadratura
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References in classic literature ?
A sea-bred boy would not have stayed a day on Earraid; which is only what they call a tidal islet, and except in the bottom of the neaps, can be entered and left twice in every twenty-four hours, either dry-shod, or at the most by wading.
Since the launch of the NEAP, EA has grown and evolved to offer policy commitments and lobbying, industry and academia representation on the EA board, website platform to promote operators, membership networking and international travel trade awareness.
Capt retired Kamran said that as per NEAP, oversight, management and implementation structures have been established at provincial, district and union council levels and partners are providing technical assistance at each of these levels.
Neap tide is a natural occurrence during which water becomes almost stagnant, so decaying matters underneath the water are not properly flushed.
The purpose of the NEAP is to identify and prioritise actions that need to be taken to protect, manage and monitor elephants and also to provide the national level detailed plan, which will drive implementation.
In addition to overseeing the implementation of the NEAP on the prime minister's behalf, the focal person is tasked with regularly updating the prime minister and national taskforce on the polio situation and the steps required from the federal and provincial governments to eradicate polio.
Weak or aperiodic larval release rhythms in the early reproductive season were also reported for decapods releasing larvae in a neap tide cycle (Paula 1989, Queiroga et al.
From spring to neap tide, the electricity output varies by a factor of five, so that at spring tide the average output is five gigawatts falling to one gigawatt some seven days and nine hours later at neap tide, and then rising again to five at the second spring tide 14 days and 18 hours from the first.
Of this amount 2.5 million Euros will go to UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO), which are both working in the framework of the National Emergency Action Plan for Polio (NEAP) aimed at interrupting the disease transmission in Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press, citing a UNICEF statement.
A escala permite obter os indices globais de mobbing, sendo estes: Numero Total das Estrategias de Assedio Psicologico (NEAP); Indice Global de Assedio Psicologico (IGAP); Indice Medio de Assedio Psicologico (IMAP) (10).