Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a 19th-century French mathematician and engineer best known for formulating the Coriolis effect, which describes the apparent deflection of moving objects in rotating reference frames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6825861 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis Context triple: [Coriolis effect, namedAfter, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis]
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A.
Claude-Louis Navier
Claude-Louis Navier was a French engineer and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to fluid mechanics and elasticity theory.
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B.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French physicist and engineer regarded as the father of thermodynamics for his foundational work on the theory of heat engines.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
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D.
Adolphe Carnot
Adolphe Carnot was a French politician and statesman known for his role in the early Third Republic and his involvement in founding the centrist-liberal Democratic Republican Alliance.
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E.
Siméon Denis Poisson
Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and differential equations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis Target entity description: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a 19th-century French mathematician and engineer best known for formulating the Coriolis effect, which describes the apparent deflection of moving objects in rotating reference frames.
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A.
Claude-Louis Navier
Claude-Louis Navier was a French engineer and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to fluid mechanics and elasticity theory.
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B.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French physicist and engineer regarded as the father of thermodynamics for his foundational work on the theory of heat engines.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
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D.
Adolphe Carnot
Adolphe Carnot was a French politician and statesman known for his role in the early Third Republic and his involvement in founding the centrist-liberal Democratic Republican Alliance.
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E.
Siméon Denis Poisson
Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and differential equations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1792-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1843-09-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Polytechnique
ⓘ
École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ |
| employer |
École Polytechnique
ⓘ
École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Coriolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Coriolis effect
|
| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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mathematical analysis ⓘ mechanics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Gaspard
ⓘ
Gustave ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
engineering mechanics
ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Coriolis effect
ⓘ
Coriolis force ⓘ
linked to:
Coriolis effect
contributions to classical mechanics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | French academic community ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Coriolis acceleration
ⓘ
linked to:
Coriolis effect
Coriolis effect ⓘ Coriolis force ⓘ
linked to:
Coriolis effect
|
| notableWork |
formulation of the Coriolis effect
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work on rotating reference frames ⓘ work on the concept of work in mechanics ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
dynamics
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kinematics ⓘ motion in rotating reference frames ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis Description of subject: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a 19th-century French mathematician and engineer best known for formulating the Coriolis effect, which describes the apparent deflection of moving objects in rotating reference frames.
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