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redshift: Meaning and Definition of

red•shift

Pronunciation: (red'shift"), [key]
— n. Astron.
  1. a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
red shanks redshifted
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