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DOPPLER SHIFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doppler shift mean?
• DOPPLER SHIFT (noun)
The noun DOPPLER SHIFT has 1 sense:
1. change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
Familiarity information: DOPPLER SHIFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
Doppler effect; Doppler shift
Hypernyms ("Doppler shift" is a kind of...):
propagation (the movement of a wave through a medium)
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