fictitious force
Americannoun
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In the merry-go-round’s frame of reference, we explain the apparent curve to the right by using a fictitious force, called the Coriolis force, that causes the ball to curve to the right.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Instead, F is equal to ma plus a fictitious force.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The force to the left sensed by car passengers is a fictitious force having no physical origin.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
His strength had been merely the fictitious force of fever; in reality he was weak.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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