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Physical Phenomena > Doppler Effect

Preferred term

Doppler Effect  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Changes in the observed frequency of waves (as sound, light, or radio waves) due to the relative motion of source and observer. The effect was named for the 19th century Austrian physicist Johann Christian Doppler.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Doppler Shift
  • Effect, Doppler

In other languages

  • French

  • Décalage Doppler
  • Déplacement Doppler
  • Effet Doppler-Fizeau

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ND2N030F-D

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