redshifted

American  

[red-shif-tid] / ˈrɛdˌʃɪf tɪd /

Or red-shifted

adjective

1. (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.

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Etymology

Origin of redshifted

First recorded in 1960–65; redshift + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Only it was redshifted tremendously, meaning the object was traveling away from Earth at a fantastic speed, almost 30,000 miles a second, and was fantastically far away.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2022

But many galaxies in the deep field image are far away enough that the light they emit does get redshifted, leaving scientists to translate it back into a form that our eyes can understand.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2022

Hydrogen intensity mapping, the strategy pursued by CHIME, could prove a cheaper and faster way to map the cosmos. 21-cm radio waves from distant gas clouds get redshifted just like visible light.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

Specifically, the team pivoted to look at ultraviolet light to find the redshifted chemical signatures.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020

If a star is moving away, the opposite happens; the light is stretched out and redshifted.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife