redshift
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| Compare: blueshift a shift in the lines of the spectrum of an astronomical object towards a longer wavelength (the red end of an optical spectrum), relative to the wavelength of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum, usually as a result of the Doppler effect caused by the recession of the object | |
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Example sentences
Its explanations of cosmic expansion, redshift and cosmological horizons are superb.
The amount of a galaxy's redshift tells astronomers how fast the galaxy is moving away from us.
Measuring a galaxy's redshift tells how long ago its light was emitted.
The bigger uncertainty is whether supernovae at high redshift are qualitatively different from local supernovae.
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