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Heaviside, Oliver

Heav i side, Oliver |ˈhevēˌsīd ˈhɛviˌsaɪd | (1850 –1925 ), English physicist and electrical engineer. In 1902, he suggested the existence of a layer in the atmosphere responsible for reflecting radio waves back to earth.

 

Heaviside layer

Heav i side lay er (also Heaviside Kennelly layer |ˈkenl-ē |) noun another name for E layer. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after O. Heaviside, Oliver and A. E. Kennelly, Arthur E.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Heaviside, Oliver

Heaviside, Oliver |ˈhɛvɪsʌɪd | (1850 –1925 ), English physicist and electrical engineer, important in the development of telephone communication and telegraphy. In 1902 he suggested (independently of A. E. Kennelly ) the existence of a layer in the atmosphere responsible for reflecting radio waves back to earth.

 

Heaviside layer

Heaviside layer |ˈhɛvɪsʌɪd |(also Heaviside Kennelly layer ) noun another name for E-layer. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after O. Heaviside, Oliver and A. E. Kennelly, Arthur Edwin .

 

Duden Dictionary

Heaviside

Hea vi side Eigenname |ˈhɛvisa͜it |englischer Physiker

 

Heaviside-Schicht

Hea vi side-Schicht, Hea vi side schicht Substantiv, feminin Physik , die Heavisideschicht |ˈhɛvɪsaɪd … ˈhɛvɪsaɪd …|die Heaviside-Schicht; Genitiv: der Heaviside-Schicht die Heavisideschicht; Genitiv: der Heavisideschicht nach dem britischen Physiker O. Heaviside (1850 –1925 )elektrisch leitende Schicht in der Erdatmosphäre, die mittellange und kurze elektrische Wellen reflektiert