name
Meaning 1
A surname from German
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Doppler
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: D AA1 P L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography: Any of various types of ultrasonography that use the Doppler effect; especially, medical versions thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Qualifier: by ellipsis
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Hypomotility was visible on doppler.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: DUS
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ultrasonography, US, ultrasound, imaging
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of Doppler radar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Qualifier: by ellipsis
Topics: climatology, government, meteorology, military, natural-sciences, politics, war
Examples
- An incipient storm cell was visible on doppler.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radar, imaging
noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Doppler sonar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Qualifier: by ellipsis
Topics: fishing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, military, politics, war
Examples
- A school of herring was visible on doppler.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sonar, imaging
verb
Meaning 6
To travel while emitting a sound that changes pitch due to the Doppler effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The race car dopplered past.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Christian Johann Doppler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
History
Etymology
By ellipsis and appellativization.
Real reading context