Kennelly-Heaviside layer
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Ken·nel·ly-Heav·i·side layer
(kĕn′ə-lē-hĕv′ē-sīd′)n.
See E layer.
[After Edwin Kennelly (1861-1939), American physicist, and Oliver, Heaviside (1850-1925), British physicist.]
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Kennelly-Heaviside layer
n
(General Physics) See E region
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Noun | 1. | Kennelly-Heaviside layer - a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length ionosphere - the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons |
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