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Red-shift

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red⋅shift

[red-shift]
–noun Astronomy.
a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
Also, red shift.


Origin:
1920–25; red 1 + shift
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