Coriolis may refer to:
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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
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Coriolis force
In physics, the Coriolis force is an inertial or fictitious 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 ...
, the apparent deflection of moving objects from a straight path when viewed from a rotating frame of reference
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Coriolis (crater), a lunar crater
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Coriolis (project)
Coriolis involves 7 institutes in operational oceanography in France (CNES, CNRS, Ifremer, IPEV, IRD, Météo-France, Shom) decided in 2001 to joint their efforts within Coriolis in order to:
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, a French operational oceanographic project
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Coriolis (satellite)
The Coriolis satellite is a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Earth and space observation satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on 2003-01-06 at 14:19 GMT.
Instruments
WINDSAT
''WINDSAT' ...
, an American Earth and space observation satellite launched in 2003
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