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MeSH Heading: Doppler Effect
Tree Number(s): G01.226
Unique ID: D004301
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004301
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.
Entry Version: DOPPLER EFF
Entry Term(s): Doppler Shift; Effect, Doppler
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PHYSICS 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under PHYSICS 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2016/03/22

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