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cosmological redshift

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noun

Astronomy.
  1. the part of the redshift of celestial objects resulting from the expansion of the universe.


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Due to the expansion of the universe, that wavelength was stretched to nearly five times its original value, placing it in the near-infrared, a process called cosmological redshift.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

He found his explanation in a phenomenon that science knows as the cosmological redshift.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

Applying the principle of the cosmological redshift placed the quasar at a distance more than 2 billion light-years away.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

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