Usually means: Frictional heating from gravitational forces.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Tidal heating)

noun:  Tidal heating (also known as tidal working or tidal flexing) occurs through the tidal friction processes: orbital and rotational energy is dissipated as heat in either (or both) the surface ocean or interior of a planet or satellite.

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