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blue shift

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blue shift
n.
A decrease in the wavelength of radiation emitted by an approaching celestial body as a consequence of the Doppler effect.
[From the fact that the shorter wavelengths of light are at the blue end of the visible spectrum.]
blue shift
See under Doppler effect.


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