Usually means: Shift towards shorter wavelengths, approaching.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. blueshift: Merriam-Webster
  2. blueshift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blueshift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. blueshift: Collins English Dictionary
  5. blueshift: Wordnik
  6. blueshift: Wiktionary
  7. blueshift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. blueshift: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. blueshift: Dictionary.com
  10. Blueshift (disambiguation), Blueshift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. blueshift: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blueshift: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blueshift: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)

(Note: See blueshifted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (blueshift)

noun:  (physics: astronomy, relativity) A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
verb:  (physics: astronomy, relativity)(ambitransitive) (said of a photon or a beam of light) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency.

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