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Doppler effect

Doppler effect noun: the apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.

Noun

Doppler effect (plural Doppler effects)

  1. The apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.
    • Along the street, a delivery van’s pop music approaches and recedes with a faint Doppler effect, the cheerless band lifting and dipping a microtone.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 85
    Synonyms:
    Doppler shift

Doppler effect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Vietnamese

Doppler effect in Hindi

change in frequency or wavelength
डॉप्लर प्रभाव ḍŏplar prabhāv

Doppler effect in Tamil

டாப்ளர் விளைவு, தொப்பிளர்விளைவு, டாப்ளா விளைவு, தொப்பிளர் விளைவு

Doppler effect in Tagalog

change in frequency or wavelength
bisang Doppler

Doppler effect in Vietnamese

change in frequency or wavelength
hiệu ứng Doppler

Synonyms of Doppler effect

Forms of Doppler effect

pluralDoppler effects

Origin of Doppler effect

From Christian Andreas Doppler, the scientist who first proposed this effect.

Questions about Doppler effect

What does Doppler effect mean?
Doppler effect means the apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.
What is Doppler effect in Hindi?
Doppler effect in Hindi is डॉप्लर प्रभाव (ḍŏplar prabhāv). See Doppler effect meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Doppler effect?
Doppler effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Doppler effect?
The plural of Doppler effect is Doppler effects.

Words near Doppler effect in the dictionary

  1. doppio
  2. doppios
  3. doppleganger
  4. doppler
  5. Doppler broadening
  6. Doppler effect
  7. Doppler effects
  8. Doppler radar
  9. Doppler radars
  10. Doppler shift
  11. Doppler shifts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Doppler effect (page history and authors); doppler effect (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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