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redshift

relative increase in wavelength of electromagnetic radiation in the emission spectrum of astronomical objects
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Summary

redshift is a physical law[1]. redshift ranks in the top 5% of physical law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,842 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical quantity[3]
  • Commons category: Redshift[4]
  • Opposite of: blueshift[5]
  • Has part(s): photometric redshift[6], spectroscopic redshift[7]
  • Has cause: removal[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Redshift[9]
  • Commons gallery: Redshift[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1090[12]
  • Different from: interstellar reddening[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[15]

Why It Matters

redshift has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] redshift is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Vesto Slipher

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → red-shift
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: red-shift, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953866|red shift (#289953866)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 17w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → raudonasis-poslinkis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: raudonasis-poslinkis"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → photometric redshift, spectroscopic redshift
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565862105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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