coriolis force

Noun
  1. (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation;
    Acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame;
    In a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced (synset 111460219)
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    is a type of: force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

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