| 释义 |
Coriolis effect/kɒriˈəʊlis/n. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system is accelerated perpendicular to its motion and to the axis of rotation, which helps to explain why wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern 科里奥利效应，科里奥利偏移(即在旋转系统中运动的质量会产生与其运动及旋转轴心垂直的加速度，该效应有助于解释为什么北半球的风呈顺时针流动，而南半球的风则以逆时针流动) [named after G. G. Coriolis, French engineer d. 1843] |