redshift

See also: red shift

English

Redshift (top image)
Blueshift (bottom image)

Alternative forms

• red shift

Etymology

From red +‎ shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdˌʃɪft/ (enPR: rĕd'-shĭftˌ)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdʃɪft
• Hyphenation: red‧shift

Noun

redshift (countable and uncountable, plural redshifts)

1. (physics: astronomy, relativity) An increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light while in transit, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

   Antonym: blueshift

Derived terms

• cosmological redshift
• gravitational redshift

Translations

increase in wavelength of light in transit

• Bulgarian: червено отместване n (červeno otmestvane)
• Catalan: desplaçament cap al roig m
• Chinese: 紅移 / 红移 (zh) (hóngyí), 红移 (zh) (hóng yí)
• Czech: rudý posuv m
• Danish: rødforskydning
• Dutch: roodverschuiving (nl) f
• Esperanto: ruĝenŝoviĝo
• Estonian: punanihe
• Finnish: punasiirtymä (fi)
• French: décalage vers le rouge (fr)
• German: Rotverschiebung (de) f
• Hebrew: היסט לאדום
• Hungarian: vöröseltolódás (hu)
• Icelandic: rauðvik n
• Ido: redesko (io)
• Indonesian: pergeseran merah
• Irish: deargaistriú m
• Italian: spostamento verso il rosso m
• Japanese: 赤方偏移 (sekihō hen'i)
• Macedonian: црвено поместување n (crveno pomestuvanje)
• Polish: przesunięcie ku czerwieni (pl) n
• Portuguese: desvio para o vermelho m
• Russian: кра́сное смеще́ние (ru) n (krásnoje smeščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: crveni pomak m

• Sicilian: spustamentu versu lu russu m
• Slovak: červený posun m
• Spanish: corrimiento al rojo m, desplazamiento al rojo m
• Swedish: rödförskjutning (sv)
• Turkish: kırmızıya kayma
• Vietnamese: dịch chuyển đỏ

Verb

redshift (third-person singular simple present redshifts, present participle redshifting, simple past and past participle redshifted)

1. (physics: astronomy, relativity) (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum while in transit; to change to a longer wavelength and a lower frequency.

   Antonym: blueshift

Derived terms

• redshifted

Translations

to increase wavelength of light in transit

• Catalan: (intransitive) desplaçar-se cap al roig; (transitive) desplaçar cap al roig
• Italian: (transitive) ^{(please verify)} spostare verso il rosso
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} desviar para o vermelho
• Spanish: (equiv. to intransitive) correrse al rojo, desplazarse al rojo m; (transitive) correr al rojo, desplazar al rojo m

See also

• Doppler effect