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Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

Rossiter-McLaughlin effect noun: a spectroscopic phenomenon observed when an object moves across the face of a rotating star which is seen to undergo a redshift anomaly caused by the obscuration of different parts of its disk.

Noun

Rossiter-McLaughlin effect (plural Rossiter-McLaughlin effects)

  1. A spectroscopic phenomenon observed when an object moves across the face of a rotating star which is seen to undergo a redshift anomaly caused by the obscuration of different parts of its disk.

Forms of Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

pluralRossiter-McLaughlin effects

Origin of Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

Named after Richard Alfred Rossiter and Dean Benjamin McLaughlin.

Questions about Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

What does Rossiter-McLaughlin effect mean?
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect means a spectroscopic phenomenon observed when an object moves across the face of a rotating star which is seen to undergo a redshift anomaly caused by the obscuration of different parts of its disk.
What part of speech is Rossiter-McLaughlin effect?
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Rossiter-McLaughlin effect?
The plural of Rossiter-McLaughlin effect is Rossiter-McLaughlin effects.

Words near Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in the dictionary

  1. rossing
  2. Rossington
  3. Rossinian
  4. rossite
  5. Rossiter
  6. Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
  7. Rossiter-McLaughlin effects
  8. Rossiters
  9. Rossiya
  10. Rossiyan
  11. Rossiyans

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