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Coriolis force

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Coriolis force
n.
A pseudo force used mathematically to describe motion, as of aircraft or cloud formations, relative to a noninertial, uniformly rotating frame of reference such as the earth.
[After Gaspard G. de Coriolis (1792-1843), French mathematician.]
Coriolis force
A velocity-dependent pseudo force used mathematically to describe the motion of bodies in rotating reference frames such as the Earth's surface. Bodies moving on the plane of rotation appear to experience a force, leftward if the rotation of the reference frame is clockwise, rightward if counterclockwise. Such motion gives rise to the Coriolis effect.
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Noun1.Coriolis force - (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
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"


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Notice, especially from (2), that the geostrophic wind is the result of a balance between two forces, pressure gradient force (PGF) and Coriolis force (CF).
A primer on the ageostrophic wind by Market, Patrick S. / National Weather Digest
For example, the role of wind-driven changes includes a review of how local wind-driven currents along a coast can, via the action of the Coriolis force, change coastal sea level, but does not describe how some wind-driven effects can propagate along continental boundaries as coastally trapped waves.
Changing Sea Levels by Garrett, Chris / Geoscience Canada
The coriolis force generates a torque measuring proportional to the mass flow, which is transmitted to a strain gage load cell.
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