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  • noun physics A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.
  • noun politics The statistical bias towards Republican (or Blue Dog) candidates of US federal elections whose reported results vary considerably from those indicated by voter exit polls.

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  • noun (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding

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red +‎ shift

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