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Wiktionary

  1. n. The apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

Etymologies

  1. From Johann Christian Andreas Doppler, the scientist who first proposed this effect. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “If the tampering were done in a pre-space-flight society, anything that far away from us in time would be subject to a Doppler effect of cumulative events.”

    Simon & Schuster: Ishmael

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  1. Doppler shift

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  1. propagation

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  1. red shift
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  1. christian johann doppler

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  1. physics
  1. sound

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