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shift
Definition:
(nou) an event in which something is displaced without rotation (nou) a qualitative change (nou) the time period during which you are at work (nou) the act of changing one thing or position for another (nou) the act of moving from one place to another (nou) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (nou) a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time (nou) the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters (nou) a woman's sleeveless undergarment (nou) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Phonetic Transcription:
ʃɪft
Examples:
The faster the celestial object moves toward you, the bluer the shift.
The moon and the clouds also shift.
This creates the shift in the interference pattern.
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