REDSHIFT

Meaning of REDSHIFT in English

/red"shift'/ , n. Astron.

a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.

Also, red shift . Cf. cosmological redshift, Doppler effect, gravitational redshift .

[ 1920-25; RED 1 + SHIFT ]

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REDSHIFT — noun Date: 1923 a displacement of the spectrum of a celestial body toward longer wavelengths that is a consequence of …
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REDSHIFT — Displacement of the spectrum of an astronomical object toward longer wavelengths (visible light shifts toward the red end of the …
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REDSHIFT — n. shift toward the longer wavelengths in the spectral lines emitted by a heavenly body (caused when an object is …
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REDSHIFT — noun Date: 1923 : a displacement of the spectrum of a celestial body toward longer wavelengths that is a consequence …
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REDSHIFT — [red.shift] n (1923): a displacement of the spectrum of a celestial body toward longer wavelengths that is a consequence of …
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REDSHIFT — n. Displacement of the spectrum of an astronomical object toward longer wavelengths (visible light shifts toward the red end of …
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REDSHIFT — Красное смещение
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REDSHIFT — Красное смещение
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REDSHIFT — n. Pronunciation: ' red- ' shift Function: noun Date: 1923 : a displacement of the spectrum of a celestial body …
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GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT — Physics, Astron. (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational …
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COSMOLOGICAL REDSHIFT — Astron. the part of the redshift of celestial objects resulting from the expansion of the universe.
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REDSHIFTED — adjective see: redshift
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QUASAR — noun Etymology: quasi-stellar Date: 1964 any of a class of celestial objects that resemble stars but whose large redshift and …
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QUASAR — in full quasi-stellar radio source Any of a class of enigmatic cosmic objects of high luminosity and strong radio emission …
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OLBERS'S PARADOX — Paradox of why the sky is dark at night. If the universe is endless and uniformly populated with luminous stars, …
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COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION — microwave range, believed to be the highly redshifted residual effect (see redshift ) of the explosion billions of years ago …
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BIG BANG — Model of the origin of the universe , which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature …
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REDSHIFTED — /red"shif'tid/ , adj. (of radiation) having undergone a redshift. Also, red-shifted . [ 1960-65; REDSHIFT + -ED 2 ]
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RADIAL MOTION — Astron. the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, …
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EXPANDING UNIVERSE — Astron. a representation of the universe, based on the observed redshifts of distant galaxies, in which the galaxies are assumed …
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EINSTEIN SHIFT — Physics, Astron. formerly, gravitational redshift. [ 1930-35 ]
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EINSTEIN MODEL — Astron. Einstein's solution of the equations of general relativity with the cosmological constant. The solution describes an isotropic, homogeneous, static …
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REDSHIFTED — see redshift
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QUASAR — -ˌsär noun Etymology: quas i-stell ar Date: 1964 : any of a class of celestial objects that resemble stars but …
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QUASAR — [qua.sar] n [quasi-stellar] (1964): any of a class of celestial objects that resemble stars but whose large redshift and apparent …
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EXPANDING UNIVERSE — dynamic state of the extragalactic realm, the discovery of which has transformed 20th-century cosmology. The development of general relativity and …
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COSMOS — Hubble inferred a uniformity in the spatial distribution of galaxies through number counts in deep photographic surveys of selected areas …
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QUASAR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another team reported finding where all the old quasars have gone. ▪ Astron will also …
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QUASAR — n. in full quasi-stellar radio source Any of a class of enigmatic cosmic objects of high luminosity and strong radio …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION — Electromagnetic radiation , mostly in the microwave range, believed to be the highly redshifted residual effect (see redshift ) of …
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BIG BANG — Model of the origin of the universe , which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature …
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OLBERS'S PARADOX — Paradox of why the sky is dark at night. If the universe is endless and uniformly populated with luminous stars, …
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