Coriolis effect
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Coriolis effect /ˌkɒrɪˈəʊlɪs/
▶noun Physics an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation (influencing, for example, the formation of cyclonic weather systems).
– origin early 20th cent.: named after the French engineer Gaspard Coriolis.
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