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===Coriolis force===
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[[Image:Corioliskraftanimation.gif|frame|right|Figure 1: In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the black object moves in a straight line. However, the observer (red dot) who is standing in the rotating frame of reference (lower part of the picture) sees the object as following a curved path.]]
 
The mathematical expression for the Coriolis force appeared in an 1835 paper by a French scientist [[Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis]] in connection with [[hydrodynamics]], and also in the [[Theory of tides|tidal equations]] of [[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] in 1778. Early in the 20th century, the term Coriolis force began to be used in connection with [[meteorology]].