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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: relativity
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: blueshift
(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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: relativity
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: blueshift
(astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: red shift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propagation
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
червено отместване
(červeno otmestvane)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Catalan:
desplaçament cap al roig
— increase in wavelength of light
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Chinese:
紅移 /红移
(hóngyí)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Chinese:
红移
(hóng yí)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Czech:
rudý posuv
— increase in wavelength of light
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Danish:
rødforskydning
— increase in wavelength of light
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Dutch:
roodverschuiving
— increase in wavelength of light
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Esperanto:
ruĝenŝoviĝo
— increase in wavelength of light
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Estonian:
punanihe
— increase in wavelength of light
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Finnish:
punasiirtymä
— increase in wavelength of light
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French:
décalage vers le rouge
— increase in wavelength of light
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German:
Rotverschiebung
— increase in wavelength of light
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Hebrew:
היסט לאדום
— increase in wavelength of light
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Hungarian:
vöröseltolódás
— increase in wavelength of light
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Icelandic:
rauðvik
— increase in wavelength of light
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Ido:
redesko
— increase in wavelength of light
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Indonesian:
pergeseran merah
— increase in wavelength of light
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Irish:
deargaistriú
— increase in wavelength of light
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Italian:
spostamento verso il rosso
— increase in wavelength of light
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Japanese:
赤方偏移
(sekihō hen'i)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Macedonian:
црвено поместување
(crveno pomestuvanje)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Polish:
przesunięcie ku czerwieni
— increase in wavelength of light
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Portuguese:
desvio para o vermelho
— increase in wavelength of light
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Russian:
кра́сное смеще́ние
(krásnoje smeščénije)
— increase in wavelength of light
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Serbo-Croatian:
crveni pomak
— increase in wavelength of light
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Sicilian:
spustamentu versu lu russu
— increase in wavelength of light
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Slovak:
červený posun
— increase in wavelength of light
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Spanish:
corrimiento al rojo
— increase in wavelength of light
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Spanish:
desplazamiento al rojo
— increase in wavelength of light
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Swedish:
rödförskjutning
— increase in wavelength of light
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Turkish:
kırmızıya kayma
— increase in wavelength of light
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Vietnamese:
dịch chuyển đỏ
— increase in wavelength of light
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Catalan:
desplaçar-se cap al roig
— to increase wavelength of light
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Catalan:
desplaçar cap al roig
— to increase wavelength of light
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Spanish:
(equiv. to intransitive) correrse al rojo
— to increase wavelength of light
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Spanish:
desplazarse al rojo
— to increase wavelength of light
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Spanish:
correr al rojo
— to increase wavelength of light
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Spanish:
desplazar al rojo
— to increase wavelength of light
