English Explanatory Dictionary

Doppler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography: Any of various types of ultrasonography that use the Doppler effect; especially, medical versions thereof.
  2. Ellipsis of Doppler radar.
  3. Ellipsis of Doppler sonar.
verb
  1. To travel while emitting a sound that changes pitch due to the Doppler effect.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Doppler dopplers dopplering dopplered

Etymology

By ellipsis and appellativization.

Synonyms

DUS

Related words

Christian Doppler Austrian mathematician and physicist

Derived words

Doppler broadening Doppler echocardiography Doppler effect Doppler fetal monitor Doppler radar Doppler sonography Doppler ultrasonography Doppler ultrasound Doppler velocity DOVAP Pulse-Doppler radar
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