"redshift" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/ Audio: En-us-redshift.ogg [US] Forms: redshifts [plural]
enPR: rĕd'shĭft Etymology: red + shift Etymology templates: {{compound|en|red|shift}} red + shift Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity Translations (change in wavelength): червено отместване (červeno otmestvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), desplaçament cap al roig [masculine] (Catalan), 紅移 (Chinese), 红移 (hóngyí) (Chinese), 红移 (hóng yí) (Chinese), rudý posuv [masculine] (Czech), rødforskydning (Danish), roodverschuiving [feminine] (Dutch), ruĝenŝoviĝo (Esperanto), punanihe (Estonian), punasiirtymä (Finnish), décalage vers le rouge (French), Rotverschiebung [feminine] (German), היסט לאדום (Hebrew), vöröseltolódás (Hungarian), redesko (Ido), pergeseran merah (Indonesian), spostamento verso il rosso [masculine] (Italian), 赤方偏移 (sekihō hen'i) (Japanese), црвено поместување (crveno pomestuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), przesunięcie ku czerwieni [neuter] (Polish), desvio para o vermelho [masculine] (Portuguese), кра́сное смеще́ние (krásnoje smeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), crveni pomak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spustamentu versu lu russu [masculine] (Sicilian), červený posun [masculine] (Slovak), corrimiento al rojo [masculine] (Spanish), rödförskjutning (Swedish), kırmızıya kayma (Turkish), dịch chuyển đỏ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-redshift-en-noun-rh83x3pD Disambiguation of Relativity: 74 26 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'change in wavelength': 82 18
  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. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): US politics
    Sense id: en-redshift-en-noun-VObtPhaz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cosmological redshift, gravitational redshift, redshifted Related terms: Doppler effect

Inflected forms

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