Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coriolis_force

1 sense of coriolis force

Sense 1
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)
       => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")