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Physical Phenomena > Doppler Effect

Preferred term

Doppler Effect  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Doppler Shift
  • Effect, Doppler
  • Shift, Doppler

Scope note

  • Changes in the observed frequency of waves (as sound, light, or radio waves) due to the relative motion of source and observer. The effect was named for the 19th century Austrian physicist Johann Christian Doppler.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under PHYSICS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004301

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