doppler
doppler is the ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography.
doppler is the ellipsis of Doppler radar.
doppler is the ellipsis of Doppler sonar.
Meaning of Doppler ultrasonography
Noun
Doppler ultrasonography (uncountable)
- Any of various types of ultrasonography that use the Doppler effect.
Meaning of Doppler radar
Noun
Doppler radar (countable and uncountable, plural Doppler radars)
- A radar system using the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of detected objects, allowing moving objects (such as airplanes, precipitation, missiles, etc.) to be distinguished from stationary ones and classified by magnitude and direction of their velocity towards or away from the radar site.
- Onboard Doppler radar can warn pilots about wet microbursts by detecting the associated column of rapidly-descending rain.
- Synonyms:
- doppler
Verb
doppler (third-person singular simple present dopplers, present participle dopplering, simple past and past participle dopplered)
- To travel while emitting a sound that changes pitch due to the Doppler effect.
- The race car dopplered past.
Proper noun capitalized: Doppler
Doppler
- A surname from German
Noun capitalized: Doppler
Doppler (uncountable)
- Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography.
- Evaluation of the hepatic veins with color Doppler may demonstrate portalization of hepatic vein with loss of the normal triphasic pattern, a flattened hepatic vein, or turbulence if the hepatic vein is compressed.2017, Govind Nandakumar, Evidence Based Practices in Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Surgery, page 19
Synonyms of doppler
Forms of doppler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dopplers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dopplers |
| present participle | dopplering |
| past participle | dopplered |
| past | dopplered |
Origin of doppler
By ellipsis and appellativization.
Words formed from doppler
- Doppler broadening
- Doppler echocardiography
- Doppler effect
- Doppler fetal monitor
- Doppler radar
- Doppler sonography
- Doppler ultrasonography
- Doppler ultrasound
- Doppler velocity
- DOVAP
- Pulse-Doppler radar
Phrases with doppler
Questions about doppler
- What does doppler mean?
- Doppler means to travel while emitting a sound that changes pitch due to the Doppler effect.
- What is doppler the ellipsis of?
- Doppler is the ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography.
- What part of speech is doppler?
- Doppler can be a verb, a proper noun or a noun.
- What is the past tense of doppler?
- The past tense of doppler is dopplered.
Words near doppler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doppler (page history and authors); Doppler (page history and authors); Doppler ultrasonography (page history and authors); Doppler radar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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