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inertial force

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inertial force [i′nər·shəl ′fȯrs]
(mechanics)
The fictitious force acting on a body as a result of using a noninertial frame of reference; examples are the centrifugal and Coriolis forces that appear in rotating coordinate systems. Also known as effective force.


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