Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - corinthian

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of ancient Corinth in southern Greece. 2 Archit. of an order characterized by ornate decoration and flared capitals with rows of acanthus leaves, used esp. by the Romans. 3 archaic profligate. --n. a native of Corinth. Etymology: L Corinthius f. Gk Korinthios + -AN CORIOLIS EFFECT n. a hypothetical force used to explain rotating systems, such that the movement of air or water over the surface of the rotating earth is directed clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere. Etymology: G. G. Coriolis, Fr. scientist d. 1843