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Definition of: Coriolis force
(kôr′ē·ō′lis) Meteorol.
The deflecting effect of the earth's rotation whereby freely moving air masses are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere (relatively, to an observer on the earth's surface). [after Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis, 1792–1843, French mathematician]
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