redshift

redshift

See also: red shift

English

Etymology

red +‎ shift

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕd'shĭft, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/

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Noun

redshift (countable and uncountable, plural redshifts)

1. (physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.
2. (politics) The statistical bias towards Republican (or Blue Dog) candidates of US federal elections whose reported results vary considerably from those indicated by voter exit polls.

Antonyms

• blueshift

Translations

change in wavelength

Catalan: desplaçament cap al roig m Chinese: 紅移, 红移 (hóng yí) Czech: rudý posuv m Danish: rødforskydning Dutch: roodverschuiving (nl) f Esperanto: ruĝenŝoviĝo Estonian: punanihe Finnish: punasiirtymä (fi) French: décalage vers le rouge German: Rotverschiebung (de) f Hebrew: היסט לאדום‎ Hungarian: vöröseltolódás (hu) Ido: redesko (io) Indonesian: pergeseran merah

Italian: spostamento verso il rosso m Japanese: 赤方偏移 (sekihō hen'i) Polish: przesunięcie ku czerwieni Portuguese: desvio para o vermelho m Russian: кра́сное смеще́ние n (krásnoje smeščénije) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: crveni pomak m Sicilian: spustamentu versu lu russu m Slovak: červený posun m Spanish: corrimiento al rojo m Swedish: rödförskjutning (sv) Turkish: kırmızıya kayma Vietnamese: dịch chuyển đỏ

See also

• Doppler effect