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The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the...

transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system...

radar and radar guns. Other physical processes exist that can lead to a shift in the frequency of electromagnetic radiation, including scattering and...

Shift key ⇧ Shift is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two Shift...

details of Java shift operators: The operators << (left shift), >> (signed right shift), and >>> (unsigned right shift) are called the shift operators. The...

bitmap of modifier keys being pressed: Meta+Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift. So, for example, <esc>[4;2~ is ⇧ Shift+End, <esc>[20~ is function key F9, <esc>[5C is Ctrl+→...

a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code, or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption...

A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. It is a concept in the philosophy...

a periodic function F {\displaystyle F} with a shifted version G {\displaystyle G} of it. If the shift in t {\displaystyle t} is expressed as a fraction...

and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The Great Vowel Shift was a series of pronunciation changes in the vowels of the English language...

Tilt–shift photography is the use of camera movements that change the orientation or position of the lens with respect to the film or image sensor on...

Phase-shift keying (PSK) is a digital modulation process which conveys data by changing (modulating) the phase of a constant frequency carrier wave. The...

Shift JIS (also SJIS, MIME name Shift_JIS, known as PCK in Solaris contexts) is a character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by...

A direct-shift gearbox (DSG, German: Direktschaltgetriebe) is an electronically controlled, dual-clutch, multiple-shaft, automatic gearbox, in either...

auto-manual, auto-clutch manual, and paddle-shift transmissions. These systems facilitate gear shifts for the driver by operating the clutch system...

empathic and attuned to nature. Some claim to be able to shapeshift or "shift" mentally or astrally, meaning that they experience the sense of being in...

and Latin characters. Grimm's law, also known as the First Germanic Sound Shift or Rask's rule, is a set of sound laws describing the Proto-Indo-European...

according to 21st century research. A distinctive chain shift of vowel sounds, the California Vowel Shift, was first noted by linguists in the 1980s in southern...

plasma volume will cross into the extravascular compartment. This plasma shift causes an increase in hematocrit, serum total protein, blood viscosity and...

shifts, set periods of time during which different groups of workers perform their duties. The term "shift work" includes both long-term night shifts...