Doppler effect
Doppler effect
nounDefinition of DOPPLER EFFECT
: a change in the frequency with which waves (as of sound or light) from a given source reach an observer when the source and the observer are in motion with respect to each other so that the frequency increases or decreases according to the speed at which the distance is decreasing or increasing
Origin of DOPPLER EFFECT
Christian J. Doppler
First Known Use: 1905
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