Heaviside
Americannoun
noun
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The concept of gravitational waves dates back to 1893 and 1905, when Oliver Heaviside and Henri Poincaré first proposed related ideas.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025
The company had recently completed work on Heaviside, a flying car prototype meant to operate quietly in denser living spaces.
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2022
Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside 2 crashed in a field near Tres Pinos, California, on Oct.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022
And perhaps the most burning question of all: Why, in Heaviside Layer’s name, did so many global superstars and Oscar winners sign on for this epic catastrophe?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2019
Heaviside, laid circuits over two miles long on the surface and other circuits in the galleries of a coal-mine three hundred and fifty feet below, and established communication between the circuits.
From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Towers, Walter Kellogg
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