Search Result:coriolis effect
Overview of noun coriolis_effect
The noun coriolis effect has 1 sense
- Coriolis effect -- ((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)