shift

In a sentence

Six example sentences with shift, each labelled with its topic.

• A slow shift along the fault moved the fence line half a meter north without turning a single post.

  Science

• Surveyors measured a two centimetre shift of the whole north wall, which had slid sideways on its damp footing.

  Architecture

• A tilt lens lets the photographer correct converging lines with a sideways shift of the front standard, never a twist.

  Photography

• Each storm produces a small shift of the whole dune inland, and the fence posts end up buried by spring.

  Environment

• The sensor makes a half-pixel shift between exposures, so four frames combine into one much sharper image.

  Technology

• The printer noticed a shift of two millimeters between the blue plate and the red, so every edge shows a ghost.

  Art

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains shift. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• accurate
• funds
• visible
• sufficient
• transportation
• theory
• react
• encounter
• reliable
• ensure
• elements
• locate