English Explanatory Dictionary

Eötvös effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The change in measured Earth's gravity caused by the change in centrifugal acceleration resulting from eastbound or westbound velocity.

Word forms

Eötvös effect Eötvös effects

Etymology

Named after physicist Loránd Eötvös.

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