Kennelly-Heaviside layer

American

[ken-l-ee hev-ee-sahyd] / ˈkɛn l i ˈhɛv iˌsaɪd /

noun

Physics.

E layer.

Kennelly-Heaviside layer British

noun

See E region

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Kennelly-Heaviside layer Scientific

/ kĕn′ə-lē-hĕv′ē-sīd′ /

See E layer

Etymology

Origin of Kennelly-Heaviside layer

1920–25; named after Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1861–1939), U.S. electrical engineer, and O. Heaviside

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Kennelly-Heaviside layer

Oliver Heaviside is best remembered today as co-discoverer of the Kennelly-Heaviside layer, or ionosphere, which reflects radio waves and thus makes long-distance reception possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

In radio's pioneer days, when only one layer was known, it was called the Kennelly-Heaviside layer after its discoverers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ordinarily radio waves are held close to Earth by the Kennelly-Heaviside layer of electrified air.

From Time Magazine Archive

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