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apparent force

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: apparent force
(ə′pa·rənt ′förs)

(mechanics) A force introduced in a relative coordinate system in order that Newton's laws be satisfied in the system; examples are the Coriolis force and the centrifugal force incorporated in gravity.


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