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coriolis effect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coriolis effect has 1 sense
- coriolis effect(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere; Array is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coriolis effect, n. a hypothetical force used to explain rotating systems, such that the movement of air or water over the surface of the rotating earth is directed clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Etymology
G. G. Coriolis, Fr. scientist d. 1843
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