(ˈ)kȯrē|ōlə̇s- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Gaspard G. Coriolis died 1843 French civil engineer
: a quantity that must be added vectorially to the acceleration of a body with respect to another accelerated body to get the true acceleration of the former
Coriolis acceleration applies to the motion of a long-range projectile with respect to the rotating earth