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redshifted

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[red-shif-tid] / ˈrɛdˌʃɪf tɪd /
Or red-shifted

adjective

  1. (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.


Etymology

Origin of redshifted

First recorded in 1960–65; redshift + -ed 2

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Only it was redshifted tremendously, meaning the object was traveling away from Earth at a fantastic speed, almost 30,000 miles a second, and was fantastically far away.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2022

But many galaxies in the deep field image are far away enough that the light they emit does get redshifted, leaving scientists to translate it back into a form that our eyes can understand.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2022

Specifically, the team pivoted to look at ultraviolet light to find the redshifted chemical signatures.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2020

“We looked at ultraviolet light specifically, as that is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum we expected to find the redshifted chemical signatures,” Kashikawa said.

From Scientific American Dec. 22, 2020

If a star is moving away, the opposite happens; the light is stretched out and redshifted.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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