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单词 blueshift
释义

blueshift

or blue shift

[ bloo-shift ]
/ ˈbluˌʃɪft /

noun Astronomy.

a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.

Origin of blueshift

First recorded in 1950–55; blue + shift

Words nearby blueshift

blue schist, blue screen, blue screen technology, blue shark, Blue Shield, blueshift, blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, bluesman
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British Dictionary definitions for blueshift

blueshift
/ (ˈbluːˌʃɪft) /

noun

a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar systemCompare redshift
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for blueshift

blue shift

See under Doppler effect.
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