Doppler effect

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From Johann Christian Andreas Doppler, the scientist who first proposed this effect.

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Doppler effect (plural Doppler effects)

  1. The apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.
    • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 85:
      Along the street, a delivery van’s pop music approaches and recedes with a faint Doppler effect, the cheerless band lifting and dipping a microtone.

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