A change in frequency due to the Doppler effect.
Example sentencesExamples
- This causes a periodic Doppler shift of the spectrum of one or both members of the pair.
- That pulsars are part of a binary system is indicated by Doppler shifts in the pulse period and the change in arrival time of the pulse.
- This is simply the relativistic Doppler shift for light.
- The Doppler shift happens with light as well as with sound.
- Now, physicists in England have demonstrated a topsy-turvy Doppler shift in which a radio wave's frequency rises as the source recedes.