redshift

See also: red shift

English

Etymology

red +‎ shift

Pronunciation

enPR: rĕd'shĭft, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/
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Noun

redshift (countable and uncountable, plural redshifts)

(physics) 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.

Antonyms

blueshift

Derived terms

Translations

change in wavelength

Bulgarian: червено отместване n (červeno otmestvane)
Catalan: desplaçament cap al roig m
Chinese: 紅移／红移 (zh) (hóngyí), 红移 (zh) (hóng yí)
Czech: rudý posuv m
Danish: rødforskydning
Dutch: roodverschuiving (nl) f
Esperanto: ruĝenŝoviĝo
Estonian: punanihe
Finnish: punasiirtymä (fi)
French: décalage vers le rouge
German: Rotverschiebung (de) f
Hebrew: היסט לאדום
Hungarian: vöröseltolódás (hu)
Ido: redesko (io)
Indonesian: pergeseran merah
Italian: spostamento verso il rosso m
Japanese: 赤方偏移 (sekihō hen'i)
Macedonian: црвено поместување n (crveno pomestuvanje)
Polish: przesunięcie ku czerwieni (pl) n
Portuguese: desvio para o vermelho m
Russian: кра́сное смеще́ние (ru) n (krásnoje smeščénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: crveni pomak m
Sicilian: spustamentu versu lu russu m
Slovak: červený posun m
Spanish: corrimiento al rojo m
Swedish: rödförskjutning (sv)
Turkish: kırmızıya kayma
Vietnamese: dịch chuyển đỏ

See also

Doppler effect

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