Doppler

American  

[dop-ler] / ˈdɒp lər /

noun

1. Christian Johann, 1803–53, Austrian physicist: discovered the Doppler effect.

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Doppler Scientific  

/ dŏp′lər /

1. Austrian physicist and astronomer who in 1842 explained the effect, now named for him, of variations in the frequency of waves as a result of the relative motion of the wave source with respect to the observer.

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Researchers also accounted for the Doppler effect, the same phenomenon that changes the pitch of a passing ambulance siren.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Doctors and nurses with Doppler machines and ultrasounds kept showing up, forcing them to hear the heartbeat and see the movement of a tiny body.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

A system called Trackman uses in-stadium, two-directional Doppler radar and synchronized high-speed cameras to quantify everything from a ball’s rotation and velocity to location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Deep Sea Vision had first put to sea in September 2023 from Papua New Guinea, launching a $9-million Hugin 6000 submersible equipped with a Doppler, a magnetometer, an echo sounder and a side-scan sonar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

Or the red shift might be a Doppler effect due not to the general expansion of the universe but rather to a more modest and local galactic explosion.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan