doppler shift

1. 1.

   change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

   SynonymsDoppler effect

   Broaderpropagation

Questions about doppler shift

What does doppler shift mean?

doppler shift means "change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other".

What is another word for doppler shift?

Close synonyms include Doppler effect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doppler shift a common word?

doppler shift is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.