fictitious force
nounPhysics.
any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
- Also called pseudo force .
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How to use fictitious force in a sentence
Their manner of life, the food they eat, creates a fictitious force which must expend itself.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. WooldridgeHis strength had been merely the fictitious force of fever; in reality he was weak.
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