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  1. Coriolis forces: Merriam-Webster
  2. Coriolis forces: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Coriolis forces: Vocabulary.com
  4. Coriolis forces: Wiktionary
  5. Coriolis forces: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Coriolis force)

noun:  (physics, meteorology) A fictitious force apparently exerted on any moving body (including a parcel of air) due to the rotation of the earth, observed as a deflection of the body to the right of its direction of travel (i.e., clockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere, or to the left (anticlockwise) in the Southern Hemisphere; any equivalent apparent force that deflects objects in a rotating reference frame.
▸ Also see coriolis_force


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