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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)