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Lamb shift comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
wavelength shift	radiation modification	The alteration in frequency of electromagnetic radiation
Lamb shift	wavelength shift	A tiny change in the energy of an electron orbiting the nucleus of an atom, caused by the interaction of the electron with other particles that appear and quickly disappear in "quantum fluctuations". (See quantum fluctuations.)

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