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  2. Coriolis force - Wikipedia

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    Deflection of an object due to the Coriolis force is called the Coriolis effect. Though recognized previously by others, the mathematical expression for the Coriolis force appeared in an 1835 paper by French scientist Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, in connection with the theory of water wheels.

  3. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A flush toilet bowl during flushing action. Typical sound of a flush toilet. A typical flush toilet is a fixed, vitreous ceramic bowl (also known as a pan) which is connected to a drain. After use, the bowl is emptied and cleaned by the rapid flow of water into the bowl. This flush may flow from a dedicated tank (cistern), a high-pressure water ...

  4. Coriolis effect (perception) - Wikipedia

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    Coriolis effect (perception) In psychophysical perception, the Coriolis effect (also referred to as the Coriolis illusion or the vestibular Coriolis effect) is the misperception of body orientation due to head movement while under the effect of rotation, often inducing nausea. [1][2][3] This effect comes about as the head is moved in contrary ...

  5. Eötvös effect - Wikipedia

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    The Eötvös effect is the change in measured Earth's gravity caused by the change in centrifugal acceleration resulting from eastbound or westbound velocity.When moving eastbound, the object's angular velocity is increased (in addition to Earth's rotation), and thus the centrifugal force also increases, causing a perceived reduction in gravitational force.

  6. Taylor column - Wikipedia

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    A Taylor column is a fluid dynamics phenomenon that occurs as a result of the Coriolis effect. It was named after Geoffrey Ingram Taylor. Rotating fluids that are perturbed by a solid body tend to form columns parallel to the axis of rotation called Taylor columns. An object moving parallel to the axis of rotation in a rotating fluid ...

  7. Coriolis frequency - Wikipedia

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    The Coriolis frequency ƒ, also called the Coriolis parameter or Coriolis coefficient, [1] is equal to twice the rotation rate Ω of the Earth multiplied by the sine of the latitude . The rotation rate of the Earth (Ω = 7.2921 × 10 −5 rad/s) can be calculated as 2 π / T radians per second, where T is the rotation period of the Earth which ...

  8. Vibrating structure gyroscope - Wikipedia

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    Vibrating structure gyroscope. A vibrating structure gyroscope (VSG), defined by the IEEE as a Coriolis vibratory gyroscope (CVG), [1] is a gyroscope that uses a vibrating structure to determine the rate of rotation. A vibrating structure gyroscope functions much like the halteres of flies (insects in the order Diptera).

  9. Fictitious force - Wikipedia

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    An example of a pseudo force as defined by Iro is the Coriolis force, maybe better to be called: the Coriolis effect. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The gravitational force would also be a fictitious force (pseudo force) in a field model in which particles distort spacetime due to their mass, such as in the theory of general relativity .