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red shift

noun as in shift in galaxy spectra

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The red shift indicates a change in the electronic structure or optical properties of the material.

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Since 2009, Riess and his colleagues have used various telescopes to create an elaborate “distance ladder” of the distances and red shifts of nearby galaxies.

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Even after adjusting the diopter, white text on the outer edges of the EVF has green and red shifts that I never got used to.

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It might even be able to spot some of the stars at a red shift between 10 and 20, corresponding to a period between 100 million and 500 million years after the Big Bang.

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“You will see a red shift to some of these numbers on Election Day. Then you will get the aftercount.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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