NOUN
- (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
How To Use Coriolis effect In A Sentence
- The vibration, though it is not completely circular, provides the rotating reference frame which gives rise to the Coriolis effect.
- The deflection of the trajectory of a system as it moves away from the equator is affected by increasing coriolis effect and an important part of this is changing angular momentum am. Paul Linsay's Poisson Fit « Climate Audit
- The gyroscopes sense angular motion by measuring the Coriolis effect induced by rotation, using a vibrating MEMS structure.
- This is known as the Coriolis Effect and is why the winds blow clockwise around high pressure and anticlockwise around low pressure in the northern hemisphere and not directly from high to low.
- The Coriolis force (or Coriolis effect) causes the deflection of this moving air in the upper atmosphere, and by about 30° of latitude the air begins to flow zonally from west to east. Global-scale circulation of the atmosphere
- After calulating in the distance, wind speed and direction, and coriolis effect, one guy took a "Davy Crockett" .22 LR shot with iron sights and scored. The True Nature of Hunting
- Jet streams tend to follow coastlines, along the same paths as the ocean currents which well up and curl around with the Coriolis effect and then encounter a coastline.
- Lambourne et al discuss the way the coriolis effect, created by the constant rotation, would determine life inside such an environment. MIND MELD: Scientific Accuracy in Stories
