"tidology" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, page 269",
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        "The science of tides."
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          "sense": "the science of tides",
          "word": "潮汐學"
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          "roman": "cháoxīxué",
          "sense": "the science of tides",
          "word": "潮汐学"
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          "sense": "the science of tides",
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          "alt": "ちょうせきがく",
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          "sense": "the science of tides",
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      "sense": "the science of tides",
      "word": "潮汐學"
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