DOPPLER SHIFT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

Synonyms:

Doppler effect; Doppler shift

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Doppler shift" is a kind of...):

propagation (the movement of a wave through a medium)

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