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red shift

red shift noun: light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.

Noun

red shift (plural red shifts)

  1. Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.

red shift meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

red shift in Tamil

சிவப்புப் பெயர்ச்சி, செம்பிறழ்வு

red shift in Malayalam

ചുവപ്പ് നീക്കം

Forms of red shift

pluralred shifts

Questions about red shift

What does red shift mean?
Red shift means light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.
What is red shift in Tamil?
Red shift in Tamil is சிவப்புப் பெயர்ச்சி, செம்பிறழ்வு. See Red shift meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red shift?
Red shift is a noun.
What is the plural of red shift?
The plural of red shift is red shifts.

Words near red shift in the dictionary

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  2. red shale
  3. red shales
  4. red shank
  5. red shanks
  6. red shift
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  8. red shirt
  9. red shirts
  10. red silky oak
  11. red silky oaks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red shift (page history and authors); red shift (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); red shift (Malayalam 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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