effect [noun] [U] [specialized] - a change that seems to happen in the rate of sound or light wave production of an object when its movement changes in relation to another objectAn everyday example of the Doppler effect is the apparent change in the pitch of an alarm bell as you drive past it.The Doppler effect is used in calculating the size of the universe.
DOPPLER
Meaning of DOPPLER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012