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Coriolis Force - A force that deflects moving objects to one side because of the Earth's rotation. The object is still going straight but the Earth moves underneath it, making it look like it is moving to one side.
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Coriolis force - a mathematical correction to balance forces affecting objects moving on the rotating earth.
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Coriolis force- an apparent force observed on any free-moving object in a rotating system.
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Coriolis force: a fictitious force used to account for the apparent deflection of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth.
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Coriolis Force The apparent tendency of a freely moving particle to swing to one side when its motion is referred to a set of axes that is itself rotating in space, such as Earth.
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Coriolis forceThe coriolis force is, besides the centrifugal force, the second fictitious force, which only occurs in rotating systems.
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The pressure varies by only a small amount in any horizontal plane, and the Coriolis force is so small that it is scarcely sensible, but these forces act so widely that they control the winds.
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The distance that cold pools of air can spread under the influence of the Coriolis force. A cold pool will initially spread out toward and under warmer air because of higher pressure under the cold, denser air.
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See also: Force, Pressure, Air, Surface, High
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