amphidromic point

[ am-fi-drom-ik, am- ]
/ ˈæm fɪˈdrɒm ɪk, ˌæm- /

noun Oceanography.

a point of almost zero tidal fluctuation on the ocean surface, represented on a chart of cotidal lines by a point from which these lines radiate.

Origin of amphidromic point

1935–40; < Greek amphídrom(os) running both ways + -ic; see amphi-, -drome