Meanings
plural Doppler effects
- The apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.
Along the street, a delivery van’s pop music approaches and recedes with a faint Doppler effect, the cheerless band lifting and dipping a microtone.
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 85Synonyms: Doppler shift
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.
More synonyms by meaning
nounchange in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Christian Andreas Doppler, the scientist who first proposed this effect.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Доплеров ефект
- Доплеров ефект (Doplerov efekt)change in frequency or wavelength
Chinese Mandarin 多普勒效應 /多普勒效应
- 多普勒效應 /多普勒效应 (Duōpǔlè xiàoyìng)change in frequency or wavelength
Dutch dopplereffect
- dopplereffectchange in frequency or wavelength
Estonian Doppleri efekt
- Doppleri efektchange in frequency or wavelength
Finnish Doppler-ilmiö
- Doppler-ilmiöchange in frequency or wavelength
French effet Doppler
- effet Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
German Dopplereffekt, Doppler-Effekt
- Dopplereffektchange in frequency or wavelength
- Doppler-Effektchange in frequency or wavelength
Hindi डॉप्लर प्रभाव
- डॉप्लर प्रभाव (ḍŏplar prabhāv)change in frequency or wavelength
Irish iarmhairt Doppler
- iarmhairt Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Italian effetto doppler
- effetto dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Japanese ドップラー効果
- ドップラー効果 (doppurā kōka)change in frequency or wavelength
Polish efekt Dopplera
- efekt Dopplerachange in frequency or wavelength
Portuguese efeito Doppler
- efeito Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Romanian efectul Doppler
- efectul Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Russian эффе́кт До́плера
- эффе́кт До́плера (effékt Dóplera)change in frequency or wavelength
Spanish efecto Doppler
- efecto Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Swedish dopplereffekt
- dopplereffektchange in frequency or wavelength
Tagalog bisang Doppler
- bisang Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Turkish Doppler etkisi, Doppler kayması
- Doppler etkisichange in frequency or wavelength
- Doppler kaymasıchange in frequency or wavelength
Vietnamese hiệu ứng Doppler
- hiệu ứng Dopplerchange in frequency or wavelength
Cite this entry
Doppler effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doppler%20effect
“Doppler effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doppler%20effect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Doppler effect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doppler%20effect.
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