Doppler shift

1. See Doppler effect

Example Sentences

Analysis of the Doppler shift of each spectrum also permits the evaluation of the velocity at each position.

From Science Daily

Students can use the resulting dataset to learn basic processing tools and practice data visualization, using the Doppler shift to determine velocity, among other important lessons.

From Science Daily

The distance of the galaxy yields its age—and its Doppler shift yields its velocity.

From Literature

Doppler shifts in the spectra of glowing gases surrounding these black holes could reveal how fast they fling this material around—and thus how heavy they are.

From Science Magazine

One test is to see whether the signal’s frequency drifts over time: An alien transmitter would be on a moving planet, causing a Doppler shift.

From Science Magazine