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CORIOLIS EFFECT

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Coriolis Effect.

Coriolis Effect - as a 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

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