redshift

See also: red shift

English

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redshift

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• red shift

Etymology

From red +‎ shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/ (enPR: rĕd'-shĭftˌ)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdʃɪft
• Hyphenation: red‧shift

Noun

redshift (countable and uncountable, plural redshifts)

1. (physics: astronomy, relativity) An increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

   Antonym: blueshift

Derived terms

• cosmological redshift
• gravitational redshift

Translations

increase in wavelength of light

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 (fr) 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, desplazamiento al rojo m Swedish: rödförskjutning (sv) Turkish: kırmızıya kayma Vietnamese: dịch chuyển đỏ

Verb

redshift (third-person singular simple present redshifts, present participle redshifting, simple past and past participle redshifted)

1. (physics: astronomy, relativity) (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a longer wavelength and a lower frequency.

   Antonym: blueshift

Derived terms

• redshifted

Translations

to increase wavelength of light

Catalan: (please verify) desplaçar cap al roig Italian: (transitive) (please verify) spostare verso il rosso Portuguese: (please verify) desviar para o vermelho Spanish: (equiv. to intransitive) correrse al rojo, desplazarse al rojo m; (transitive) correr al rojo, desplazar al rojo m

See also

• Doppler effect