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atmospheric tide

noun

, Meteorology.
  1. a movement of atmospheric masses caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and by daily solar heating.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of atmospheric tide1

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

This atmospheric tide is due, no doubt, to the same cause that produces the aqueous tides—the attraction of the moon.

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