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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, le ...
(1792–1843), French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist *
Coriolis force In physics, the Coriolis force is a pseudo force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the force acts to the left of the motio ...
, the apparent deflection of moving objects from a straight path when viewed from a rotating frame of reference * Coriolis (crater), a lunar crater * Coriolis (project), a French operational oceanographic project * Coriolis (satellite), an American Earth and space observation satellite launched in 2003 * Coriolis effect (perception) {{disambiguation