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Doppler shift

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  1. [physics] An apparent change in wave frequency caused by distance between the source and an observer. As they approach one another, the frequency increases; as they draw apart, the frequency decreases. The Doppler shift is also known as the Doppler effect and is named for Austrian physicist and mathematician Christian Andreas Doppler (1803–1853).

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