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  2. Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The total Doppler effect in such cases may therefore result from motion of the source, motion of the observer, motion of the medium, or any combination thereof. For waves propagating in vacuum, as is possible for electromagnetic waves or gravitational waves, only the difference in velocity between the observer and the source needs to be considered.

  3. dBZ (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    The scale of dBZ values can be seen along the bottom of the image. Decibel relative to Z, or dBZ, is a logarithmic dimensionless technical unit used in radar. It is mostly used in weather radar, to compare the equivalent reflectivity factor (Z) of a remote object (in mm 6 per m 3) to the return of a droplet of rain with a diameter of 1 mm (1 mm 6 per m 3). [1]

  4. Biothesiometry - Wikipedia

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    Biothesiometry is a noninvasive medical test used to quantify the perception of vibration by measuring its threshold. [1] It is used in neurology and electrophysiology to diagnose a number of conditions, like diabetic neuropathy and erectile dysfunction , where the vibration perception threshold (VPT) would be higher than average.

  5. Relativistic Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The relativistic Doppler effect is the change in frequency, wavelength and amplitude [1] of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect, first proposed by Christian Doppler in 1842 [2]), when taking into account effects described by the special theory of relativity.

  6. Doppler parameter - Wikipedia

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    The Doppler parameters of Lyman-alpha forest absorption lines are in the range 10–100 km s −1, with a median value around = that decrease with redshift (Kim et al. 1997). Analyses of the HST / COS dataset of low-redshift quasars gives a median b {\displaystyle b} parameter of around 33 k m s − 1 {\displaystyle 33\ \mathrm {km\ s} ^{-1 ...

  7. Doppler broadening - Wikipedia

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    In atomic physics, Doppler broadening is broadening of spectral lines due to the Doppler effect caused by a distribution of velocities of atoms or molecules. Different velocities of the emitting (or absorbing ) particles result in different Doppler shifts, the cumulative effect of which is the emission (absorption) line broadening. [ 1 ]

  8. Planar Doppler velocimetry - Wikipedia

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    The Doppler shifted scattered light is then split into two paths using a beamsplitter and imaged onto the camera(s). In this manner the absolute absorption of scattered light, as it passes through an iodine cell placed in one of the beam paths, is measured at every spatial location within the object plane.

  9. Ives–Stilwell experiment - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the Ives–Stilwell experiment tested the contribution of relativistic time dilation to the Doppler shift of light. [1] [2] The result was in agreement with the formula for the transverse Doppler effect and was the first direct, quantitative confirmation of the time dilation factor. Since then many Ives–Stilwell type experiments ...