This compilation of data is called a tide table. Tides have little effect in the open ocean and in lakes, so tables mainly are generated for coastal areas, inlets, bays and estuaries. Not surprisingly, boats rely heavily on tidal information.
nidus in Medicine. nidus niÂ·dus (nÄ«'dÉs) n. pl. niÂ·dusÂ·es or niÂ·di (-dÄ«) A central point or focus of bacterial growth in a living organism. A nest, especially one for the eggs of insects, spiders, pathogenic organisms, or small animals. A cavity where spores develop. A point or place at which something originates, accumulates, or develops, as the center around which calculi form.
Nidus literally means nest in Latin, and some of its relatives in English suggest this connection in a straightforward way. But nidus itself, when used as an English word, is apt to refer to a place where bacteria lodge and multiply.