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Doppler shift
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Doppler shift
n.
See Doppler effect.
Doppler shift
See Doppler effect.
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Noun1.Doppler shift - change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
Doppler effect
propagation - the movement of a wave through a medium
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This inverse Doppler effect, first predicted in the 1940s, produces a frequency boost some 100,000 times greater than the drops of ordinary Doppler shifts, the researchers report in the Nov.
Experiment upends normal frequency shift by Weiss, P / Science News
However, the frequency shift can be tens of thousands of times as large as normal Doppler shifts, Reed says.
Shocking changes to light's properties. (Crystal Bash) by Weiss, P. / Science News
13 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Wolf outlines a more general -- and perhaps physically more plausible -- mechanism that could imitate Doppler shifts of any magnitude.
Expanding a theory for shifting starlight by Amato, I. / Science News
 
 
 
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