💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lightshift"
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| Word | Definition |
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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. |
| phaseshiftnoun | (physics) A difference in phase values. |
| chemical shiftnoun | (chemistry, physics) The change in the nuclear magnetic resonance frequency of a nucleus depending on its electronic environment; used in NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of molecules. |
| redshiftnoun | (physics: astronomy, relativity) An increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
| fieldshiftnoun | Alternative spelling of field shift. [(physics) The portion of an isotope shift produced by the changing shape of a nucleus upon the addition of a neutron] |
| field shiftnoun | (physics) The portion of an isotope shift produced by the changing shape of a nucleus upon the addition of a neutron |
| lightfrontnoun | (physics) The set of photons in the same phase of a pulse of (especially laser) light. |
| light wavenoun | (physics) An electromagnetic wave of light. |
| red shiftnoun | (astronomy) Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector. |
| light equationnoun | (astronomy) The time which light takes to traverse the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun. |
| mass shiftnoun | (physics) The portion of an isotope shift produced by the changing mass of a nucleus upon the addition of a neutron |
| phototransfernoun | (chemistry, physics) The apparent transfer of electric charge in a material due to illumination |
| lamb shiftnoun | (quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics) A small difference between the energy levels 2S_½ and 2P_½ of the hydrogen atom, not predicted by the Dirac equation, whose detection in the Lamb–Retherford experiment of 1947 foreshadowed the development of quantum electrodynamics (in which the discrepancy is explained to be an effect of the emission and re-absorption of virtual photons); such a difference between otherwise expectedly equal energy levels of hydrogen or any other type of atom. |
| photophysicsnoun | (physics) The physics of light, especially of its interaction with matter. |
| doppler shiftnoun | The Doppler effect. |
| diffusionnoun | The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion. |
| energy transfernoun | (physics) The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another. |
| light sectornoun | The fraction of the universe that interacts with electromagnetism (ie. light). |
| stark effectnoun | (physics) The splitting and shift of a spectral line into several components in the presence of an electric field. |
| lightspeednoun | The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified). |
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