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Kennelly-Heaviside layer
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Ken·nel·ly-Heav·i·side layer  (kn-l-hv-sd)
n.
See E layer.
[After Edwin Kennelly (1861-1939), American physicist, and Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), British physicist.]
Kennelly-Heaviside layer
n
(Physics / General Physics) See E region
Kennelly-Heaviside layer  (kn-l-hv-sd)
See E layer.
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Noun1.Kennelly-Heaviside layer - a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
E layer, E region, Heaviside layer
ionosphere - the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons
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