Einstein shift

noun Physics, Astronomy.

formerly, gravitational redshift.

Origin of Einstein shift

First recorded in 1930–35

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Einstein shift

noun

astronomy a small displacement towards the red in the spectra, caused by the interaction between the radiation and the gravitational field of a massive body, such as the sun

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