Coriolis force

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(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced

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As the car climbs, the cable takes on a slight lean due to the Coriolis force. Source: Internet

An observer would see it apparently deflected away from its target by a force (the Coriolis force ), but in reality, the southerly target has moved because earth has rotated while the missile is in flight. Source: Internet

Applied to the Earth An important case where the Coriolis force is observed is the rotating Earth. Source: Internet

Ballistic trajectories The Coriolis force became important in external ballistics for calculating the trajectories of very long-range artillery shells. Source: Internet

Because the Rossby number is low, the force balance is largely between the pressure gradient force acting towards the low-pressure area and the Coriolis force acting away from the center of the low pressure. Source: Internet

But in a frame rotating about a fixed axis, the object appears to move in a circle, and is subject to centripetal force (which is made up of the Coriolis force and the centrifugal force). Source: Internet

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