<h2>Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>Rotating and accelerated frames of reference are non-inertial.</li>
<li>Fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis force, are needed to explain motion in such frames.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Glossary</h2>
<h3>fictitious force</h3>
<p>a force having no physical origin</p>
<h3>centrifugal force</h3>
<p>a fictitious force that tends to throw an object off when the object is rotating in a non-inertial frame of reference</p>
<h3>Coriolis force</h3>
<p>the fictitious force causing the apparent deflection of moving objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference</p>
<h3>non-inertial frame of reference</h3>
<p>an accelerated frame of reference</p>

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Summarizing the Coriolis Force

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Summarizing the Coriolis Force

Summary

Glossary

fictitious force

centrifugal force

Coriolis force

non-inertial frame of reference

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