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quasarsnoun(astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
supernovaenoun(astronomy) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
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.
gravitational redshiftnoun(astronomy, physics) A shift to longer wavelengths of spectral lines emitted by atoms in a strong gravitational field.
red shiftnoun(astronomy) Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.
cosmological redshiftnoun(astronomy) That part of any redshift that is accounted for by the expansion of spacetime following the Big Bang
lightshiftnoun(physics) The change in the energy (and thus frequency) of light upon interaction with matter.
phaseshiftnoun(physics) A difference in phase values.
space reddeningnoun(astronomy, astrophysics) The reddening of the light from distant stars because of selective absorption and scattering by interstellar dust
doppler broadeningnoun(physics) The broadening of the spectral lines of a high-temperature or rapidly-rotating object due to redshifting of spectral lines from atoms and molecules moving away from the observer and blueshifting of spectral lines from atoms and molecules moving toward the observer.
red detuningnoun(physics) A situation in which the frequency is lower ("redder") than the resonance frequency.
blue detuningnoun(physics) A situation in which the frequency is higher ("bluer") than the resonance frequency.
refractionnoun(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
downconversionnoun(electronics) The conversion of a high radio frequency to a lower frequency.
upconversionnoun(electronics) Conversion of a lower radio frequency to a higher frequency, possibly using a mixer.
doppler shiftnounThe Doppler effect.
field shiftnoun(physics) The portion of an isotope shift produced by the changing shape of a nucleus upon the addition of a neutron
light wavenoun(physics) An electromagnetic wave of light.
fieldshiftnounAlternative 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]
linebroadeningnoun(physics) The broadening of a spectral line.

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