coriolis force
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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 (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | force, |
| definition | : | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
| definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
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