CORIOLIS EFFECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coriolis effect mean? 

• CORIOLIS EFFECT (noun)
  The noun CORIOLIS EFFECT has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: CORIOLIS EFFECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORIOLIS EFFECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

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Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Coriolis effect" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)