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A fictitious force is a force that appears to act on a mass whose motion is described using a non-inertial frame of reference, such as a linearly accelerating or rotating reference frame. [1] Fictitious forces are invoked to maintain the validity and thus use of Newton's second law of motion, in frames of reference which are not inertial. [2]
Fictitious people are nonexistent people, who, unlike fictional characters, have been claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud. A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition.
Pages in category "Fictitious forces" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Toothing, an invented fad about people using Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices to arrange sexual encounters. The tourist guy, a fake photo of a tourist at the top of the World Trade Center building on 9/11 with a plane about to crash in the background. Trodmore Racecourse, a fictitious Cornish race meeting.
Common examples of this include the Coriolis force and the centrifugal force. In general, the expression for any fictitious force can be derived from the acceleration of the non-inertial frame. [ 6 ] As stated by Goodman and Warner, "One might say that F = m a holds in any coordinate system provided the term 'force' is redefined to include the ...
However, their purpose was rarely for fraudulent gain. They are listed in the List of wartime cross-dressers. Spies have often pretended to be people other than they were. One famous case was that of Chevalier d'Eon (1728–1810), a French diplomat who successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman.
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Armed police force dedicated to enforcing the Combine's rule over Earth. Half-Life 2: Videogame Confederate Secret Service: Captain Confederacy: Comic series Decepticon Justice Division: Division of Decepticon armed forces tasked with punishing desertion and enforcing Megatron's directives and ideology. The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye ...