Concept information
Preferred term
tide effect
Definition(s)
- The tidal force is a gravitational effect that stretches a body along the line towards the center of mass of another body due to a gradient (difference in strength) in gravitational field from the other body; it is responsible for diverse phenomena, including tides, tidal locking, breaking apart of celestial bodies and formation of ring systems within the Roche limit, and in extreme cases, spaghettification of objects. It arises because the gravitational field exerted on one body by another is not constant across its parts: the nearest side is attracted more strongly than the farthest side. It is this difference that causes a body to get stretched. Thus, the tidal force is also known as the differential force, as well as a secondary effect of the gravitational field. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_force)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- tidal effect
- tidal force
- tidal interaction
In other languages
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French
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effet de marée
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force de marée
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force tidale
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interaction tidale
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-QG0WXGV3-L
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