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Doppler shift
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Doppler shift

See Doppler effect.


Doppler shift [′däp·lər ‚shift]
(physics)
The amount of the change in the observed frequency of a wave due to Doppler effect, usually expressed in hertz. Also known as Doppler frequency.


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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.
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However, the frequency shift can be tens of thousands of times as large as normal Doppler shifts, Reed says.
 
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