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redshift

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Meaning

  1. noun An increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light while in transit, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  2. verb (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum while in transit; to change to a longer wavelength and a lower frequency.

Similar words

quasars supernovae blueshift gravitational redshift red shift cosmological redshift lightshift phaseshift space reddening doppler broadening

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Word family

redshifted redshifts

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