Heaviside layer

Noun

Meaning

a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

E region Kennelly-Heaviside layer E layer ionosphere high ground high grounds e region of the ionosphere region of the ionosphere high hills

Examples

By timing the squegger so that the dot arrived at the far end of the display at the same time as expected signals reflected off the Heaviside layer, the altitude of the layer could be determined. Source: Internet

In Thomas Pynchon 's 1964 short story "The Secret Integration," a boy's dreams are affected "when the thing in the sky, the Heaviside layer, was right for it." Source: Internet

In Tim Powers supernatural spy novel " Declare " the Heaviside layer is the realm of the "spirits of the upper air". Source: Internet

She does so by ascending on a flying tire until she reaches a structure resembling clouds, into which she disappears, although in the film version of Cats she ascends with Old Deuteronomy and then she walks up a giant metal hand to the Heaviside layer. Source: Internet

This region is also known as the Kennelly–Heaviside layer or simply the Heaviside layer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heaving sand heavingly Heaviside heaviside region Heaviside unit function heavisome