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Flood Strength: Phase of the flood tidal current at the time of maximum speed. Also, the speed at this time. See strength of current.

Flood Current: The movement of a tidal cur-rent toward the shore or up a tidal river or estuary. In the mixed type of reversing current, the terms greater flood and lesser flood are applied respectively to . . . View Full Definition

Flood Interval: The interval between the transit of the Moon over the meridian of a place and the time of the following flood strength.

Strength Of Current: Phase of tidal current in which the speed is a maximum; also the speed at this time. Beginning with slack before flood in the period of a reversing tidal current (or minimum before flood in . . . View Full Definition

Relative Strength: Movement of a stock price over the past year as compared to a market index (like the S&P 500). A value below 1.0 means the stock shows relative weakness in price movement (underperformed the . . . View Full Definition

Photoflood: Artificial light source using a tungsten filament lamp and a dish reflector.

Impact Strength: The ability of a material to resist shock, dependent on both strength and ductility of the material.

Floodlight: Artificial light source with a dish shaped reflector and a 125-500+ watt tungsten filament lamp producing evenly spread illumination over the subject.

Full Strength: Full strength (also called 5-on-5) refers to when both teams have five skaters and one goaltender on the ice.

Rupture Strength: The greatest stress that a material can sustain without fracturing at one atmosphere pressure.