redshift

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/ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/ English

Definitions

noun

A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.
(US politics) The statistical bias towards Republican (or Blue Dog) candidates of US federal elections whose reported results vary considerably from those indicated by voter exit polls.

Related words

Synonyms

quasars supernovae blueshift gravitational redshift red shift cosmological redshift lightshift phaseshift space reddening doppler broadening red detuning blue detuning refraction downconversion upconversion doppler shift

Associated

recessional galaxies quasar hubble decoupling cosmological afterglow cmb spectrograph lema keck periodicity

Rhymes

red shift instead shift widespread shift

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