"tidal force" meaning in English

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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tides",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides."
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          "physics",
          "physics"
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          "gravitational",
          "gravitational"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "gravitational field",
          "gravitational field"
        ],
        [
          "Moon",
          "Moon"
        ],
        [
          "tide",
          "tide"
        ]
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        "(physics) Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides."
      ],
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cháoxīlì",
          "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
          "word": "潮汐力"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
          "word": "vuorovesivoima"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gezeitenkraft"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちょうせきりょく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōsekiryoku",
          "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
          "word": "潮汐力"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tidal force"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tidal force"
}

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      "glosses": [
        "Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides."
      ],
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        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "gravitational",
          "gravitational"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
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          "gravitational field",
          "gravitational field"
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          "Moon",
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          "tide",
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        "(physics) Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháoxīlì",
      "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
      "word": "潮汐力"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
      "word": "vuorovesivoima"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gezeitenkraft"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうせきりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōsekiryoku",
      "sense": "gravitational force causing tides",
      "word": "潮汐力"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tidal force"
}