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seiche::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | undulation, wave |
Examples of seiche
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Last weekend's Lake Michigan seiche occurred over a roughly 60-min.
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The lake has a natural seiche rhythm of eleven minutes.
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Although a Lake Erie seiche is rare, the timing of two within three months could not have proved worse for outer harbor plans.
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A seiche was observed on Lake Pontchartrain in the US state of Louisiana, and sediment was stirred up in several Louisiana wells.
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That's what happened on June 26, 1954, when a 10-foot seiche swept eight Chicago fishermen away in what meteorologists say remains the most destructive seiche recorded here.
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- A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances
- A seiche is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed on lakes, reservoirs, swimming pools, bays, and seas. ...
- A short-period standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry
- (SEICHES) Standing waves induced in lakes and harbors by earthquake ground shaking.
- A periodic oscillation, or standing wave, in an enclosed water body the physical dimensions of which determine how frequently the water level changes.
- An oscillation of a fluid body in response to a disturbing force having the same frequency as the natural frequency of the fluid system. Tides are now considered to be seiches induced primarily by the periodic forces caused by the sun and moon.
- A standing wave oscillating in a partially or fully enclosed body of water. May be initiated by long period seismic waves, wind and water waves, or a tsunami.
- A free or standing-wave oscillation of the surface of water in an enclosed or semi-enclosed basin (as a lake, bay or harbor). It is generally caused by local changes in atmospheric pressure, aided by winds, tidal currents and small earthquakes.
- Oscillation of the surface of a closed body of water when the surface is disturbed by wind or an earthquake.
