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Dop⋅pler

[dop-ler]
–noun
Christian Johann, 1803–53, Austrian physicist: discovered the Doppler effect.
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Dop·pler   (dŏp'lər)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or using the Doppler effect or Doppler radar.
Doppler, Christian Johann 1803-1853.  
Austrian physicist and mathematician who first enunciated the principle known as the Doppler effect in 1842.
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Doppler 
1871, in reference to Christian Doppler (1803-53), Austrian scientist, who in 1842 explained the effect of relative motion on waves (originally to explain color changes in binary stars); proved by musicians performing on a moving train. Doppler shift is the change of frequency resulting from the Doppler effect.
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Doppler   (dŏp'lər)  Pronunciation Key 
Austrian physicist and astronomer who in 1842 explained the effect, now named for him, of variations in the frequency of waves as a result of the relative motion of the wave source with respect to the observer.
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