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From When this is the case, their total gravitational pull on the Earth's water is weakened because it comes from two different directions. The phenomenon is owing to the attractions of the sun and moon then partly counteracting each other.

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A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the least. (Physical Geography) either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level. Thus are produced what are called neap tides.

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The sentence contains offensive content. In the shallower inlets the neap tides are preferable, as they do not drain the water so low as to alarm the fish.

Spring tides produce thick layers of sediment, and neap tides produce thin layers.

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