Term: coriolis effect: (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
Candidate hypernym: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states → 1
Candidate hypernym: participant: someone who takes part in an activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow lupine: yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage → 0
Candidate hypernym: naval missile: naval weaponry consisting of a missile carried on a warship → 0
Candidate hypernym: ileocolic artery: an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon → 0
Candidate hypernym: blueweed: a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: diameter: a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cask: the quantity a cask will hold → 0
Candidate hypernym: operations research: research designed to determine most efficient way to do something → 0
Candidate hypernym: orthodontic treatment: dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy; treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids → 0
Candidate hypernym: basis: the most important or necessary part of something → 0