How to Use Doppler effect in a Sentence
Doppler effect
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Researchers use a version of the Doppler effect to gauge the distances of objects.
—Quanta Magazine, 2023-01-20
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At Sturgis, there is no Doppler effect — no dwindling, petering waning at all.
—New York Times, 2021-10-27
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The scientists cite the Doppler effect, which accounts for how sound distorts as a passing car honks its horn, for example.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2020-06-24
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The turbine's rotating blades can also create a form of interference similar to the Doppler effect, in which sound waves shorten as a moving object approaches the observer.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 2022-03-02
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The Doppler effect and relativity together explain this effect mathematically at any instant.
—Ronald C. Lasky, Scientific American, 2014-10-24
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The telescope also has to cope with another complication: Since the universe is expanding, the galaxies that scientists will study with the Webb telescope are moving away from Earth, and the Doppler effect comes into play.
—Marcia Rieke, The Conversation, 2021-09-15
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