Heaviside

[ hev-ee-sahyd ]

noun

1. Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.

Heaviside

/ ˈhɛvɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. HeavisideOliver18501925MEnglishSCIENCE: physicist Oliver. 1850–1925, English physicist. Independently of Kennelly, he predicted (1902) the existence of an ionized gaseous layer in the upper atmosphere (the Heaviside layer ); he also contributed to telegraphy

Example Sentences

The Heaviside aircraft—it’s named for Oliver Heaviside, a deceased British mathematician—measures 23 by 18 feet and needs a 900-square-foot landing zone.

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Thanks to the fact that Heaviside has eight motors, “we can easily afford losing one,” Thrun says, “and then still continue our flight as if nothing happened.”

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A name like Heaviside evokes images of a very large, or heavy, aircraft, like a Boeing 747.

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Another is Kitty Hawk, which is flying a craft they’ve dubbed Heaviside.

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That’s a typical model for how electric air taxis would work, but what’s interesting about Heaviside and Kitty Hawk is that it would be a flying Uber for just one person.

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A funeral sermon was preached at the Cathedral by Canon Heaviside.

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So we resolved to stop where we were, upon receipt of rations; and Heaviside told us not to be uneasy about anything.

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Madame Heaviside (as she commanded all people to entitle her) was of the whole the very grandest as regards appearance.

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Heaviside was not there to talk, and make me hug my singleness; nor even Jerry Toms, nor the cook, who used to let me teach her.

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Heaviside had his fat legs foremost, and the royal shark stopped to look at them.

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