| 单词 | coriolis force |
| 释义 | Coriolis force/ (ˌkɒrɪˈəʊlɪs) / nouna fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection (Coriolis effect) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole Word Origin for Coriolis forceC19: named after Gaspard G. Coriolis (1792–1843), French civil engineer Words nearby Coriolis forceCorinth, Corinthian, Corinthians, Coriolanus, Coriolis effect, Coriolis force, corious, Cori's disease, corita, corium, corixid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for Coriolis forceCoriolis force A velocity-dependent pseudo force used mathematically to describe the motion of bodies in rotating reference frames such as the Earth's surface. Bodies moving on the plane of rotation appear to experience a force, leftward if the rotation of the reference frame is clockwise, rightward if counterclockwise. Such motion gives rise to the Coriolis effect. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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