noninertial frame
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non·in·er·tial frame
(nŏn′ĭ-nûr′shəl)n. A frame of reference in which the observers are undergoing some accelerating force, such as gravity or a mechanical acceleration, for which Newton's laws of motion do not apply.
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Majety, Solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations in a
non-inertial reference frame [M.S.
The use of a
non-inertial reference frame introduces pseudo-forces to the equations of motion.
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