Doppler Effect Definition

dŏplər
noun
The apparent change of frequency of sound waves or light waves, varying with the relative velocity of the source and the observer: if the source and observer are drawing closer together, the observed frequency is higher than the emitted frequency.
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Noun

Singular:
Doppler effect
Plural:
doppler-effects

Origin of Doppler Effect

  • After Christian Andreas Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian physicist and mathematician who explained the phenomenon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Doppler Effect Sentence Examples

  • Racing and revving as if enacting a Doppler Effect experiment, the wheelie artist puts paid to hopes of an afternoon snooze.

  • The conclusion seemed natural that the spectra which showed the Doppler effect were due to vibratory systems which had an excess of positive charge.

  • We have seen above numerous applications of the Doppler effect.

  • Methods based on the Doppler effect are commonly used to study blood flow, often in conjunction with ultrasound imaging.

  • Dorn 5 has found the Doppler effect with a number of lines of helium, which contain representatives of the trunk series as well as of the two branch series.

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