Pseudoforces or fictitious forces

logearav · Oct 12, 2011

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Why centrifugal force, Coriolis force are termed as psuedoforces? Are they not real forces? Please help, revered members.

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NewtonianAlch · Oct 12, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_force

WJSwanson · Oct 12, 2011

The short (and I'm sure dreadfully oversimplified) answer is basically just that they're called "fictitious" forces because they're the effects of reference frames that are moving/accelerating relative to each other.

Pseudoforces or fictitious forces

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Pseudoforces or fictitious forces

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