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mean lower low water
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Also known by the acronym MLLW. The arithmetic average of the lower of the two daily low tides recorded over the 19-year Metonic cycle; one of two datums used in North America to define low water as the datum for sounding values; the official U.S. National Ocean Service nautical chart datum.