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gravitational redshift comparison table

Subject	has example	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition
wavelength shift		radiation modification		The alteration in frequency of electromagnetic radiation
gravitational redshift	Object Gravitational Redshift Earth 10-9 white dwarf 10-4 black hole large (proportional to mass divided by radius)	wavelength shift	Einstein effect	Displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths due to the effects of gravity.

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