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English noun: Coriolis force | |||
| 1. | Coriolis force (phenomenon) (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
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