# Coriolis force

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fictitious force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame.

## Etymology
From Coriolis + force, after French scientist Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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