Tidal Stream

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

Famous quotes containing the words tidal and/or stream:

    “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)

    “When cats run home and light is come,
    And dew is cold upon the ground,
    And the far-off stream is dumb,
    And the whirring sail goes round,
    And the whirring sail goes round;
    Alone and warming his five wits,
    The white owl in the belfry sits.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)