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. (US 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

Derived terms

• cosmological redshift
• gravitational redshift
• redshifted

 

Translations

change in wavelength

• Bulgarian: червено отместване n (červeno otmestvane)
• Catalan: desplaçament cap al roig m
• Chinese: 紅移／红移 (zh) (hóngyí), 红移 (zh) (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)
• Macedonian: црвено поместување n (crveno pomestuvanje)
• Polish: przesunięcie ku czerwieni (pl) n
• Portuguese: desvio para o vermelho m
• Russian: кра́сное смеще́ние (ru) 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