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A. It is the increase in the wavelength of light emmitted from an object. It can be caused because the object is moving away from us, or because the space in between us the object has expanded as the light travelled towards us. In astronomy it gives us an indication of how far away an object is. For more information see here: http://en.wikipedia.
