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I just went through last months discussion of pseudo forces.
The
following names were used for the kind of force under consideration
there:
pseudo force
non-inertial force
fictitious force
centrifugal force
Coriolis Force
Virtual force
rot-force (rotational frame force)
inertial force
frame force
d'Alambert force
John Denker came the closest to saying that a pseudo force is a
gravitational force when he wrote:
* Question: What about gravitation? Is it a pseudo force? Feynman
tip-toes around this one also. He says we must "consider the
possibility" that gravity is a pseudo force ... but never quite
answers his own question.
FWIW I would answer "yes" to the previous question. but if
there are counterarguments I'd be delighted to see them.