See blueshift on Wiktionary
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],
"qualifier": "relativity",
"raw_glosses": [
"(physics: astronomy, relativity) (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency."
],
"topics": [
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbluːˌʃɪft/"
},
{
"enpr": "blo͞o'-shĭftˌ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːʃɪft"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease wavelength of light",
"word": "(equiv. to intransitive) correrse al azul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease wavelength of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desplazarse al azul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease wavelength of light",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "correr al azul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease wavelength of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desplazar al azul"
}
],
"word": "blueshift"
}
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