blueshift (English, verb)
expansion: blueshift (third-person singular simple present blueshifts, present participle blueshifting, simple past and past participle blueshifted)
Senses:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: relativity
glosses: (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency.
Forms:
form: blueshifts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blueshifting
tags: participle
present
form: blueshifted
tags: participle
past
form: blueshifted
tags: past
form: blue shift
tags: alternative