An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The apparent acceleration corresponding to the → Coriolis force. It is the acceleration which, when added to the acceleration of an object relative to a rotating → reference frame and to its → centrifugal acceleration,
gives the acceleration of the object relative to a fixed reference frame.
Coriolis acceleration equals 2ω x v, where ω is the → angular velocity of the rotating reference frame and v is the radial velocity of a particle relative to the center of the rotating reference frame.

See also: → Coriolis effect; → force.