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redshift [ˈredˌʃɪft]

(Astronomy) a shift in the lines of the spectrum of an astronomical object towards a longer wavelength (the red end of an optical spectrum), relative to the wavelength of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum, usually as a result of the Doppler effect caused by the recession of the object Compare blueshift

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redshift - (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding

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astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

propagation - the movement of a wave through a medium

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redshift (redirected from Spectral shift)

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