Kennelly-Heaviside layer

[ ken-l-ee hev-ee-sahyd ]

noun

, Physics.

1. E layer.

Kennelly-Heaviside layer

noun

1. See E region

Kennelly-Heaviside layer

/ kĕn′ə-lē-hĕv′ē-sīd′ /

1. See E layer

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kennelly-Heaviside layer¹

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