What does Coriolis effect mean?
• CORIOLIS EFFECT (noun) The noun CORIOLIS EFFECT has 1 sense: 1. (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 Familiarity information: CORIOLIS EFFECT used as a noun is very rare.