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Blue shift

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blueshiftnoun(physics: astronomy, relativity) A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
blueishAlternative spelling of bluish. [Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.]
red shiftnoun(astronomy) Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.
dark bluenounA deep, dim blue colour: navy or similar.
blue hazea compilation album of tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954 by Miles Davis for Prestige Records.
blueingnounSynonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”).
bright bluea South African band that was prominent on the progressive scene in the final years of apartheid.
blue eyeda 1996 documentary film by Bertram Verhaag in which Jane Elliott is teaching a workshop on racism.
blue eyea common pigmentation in the iris of an eye of a mammal.
bluishHaving a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
blue smoke
greenish bluenounSynonym of turquoise.
blue skyAlternative form of blue-sky. [(US, finance, dated) Involving or relating to fake stocks and bonds.]
blue starnounsubshrubs of southeastern united states forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
purplish bluenouna shade of blue tinged with purple
blue icenounIce that is blue in colour, formed by compressed snow on a glacier having its air bubbles squeezed out.
cobalt bluenounA deep blue pigment derived from cobalt; zaffre.
baby bluenounA pale blue color.
sky bluenounOf a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
steel bluenounA grayish shade of the color blue, like the metal steel

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