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kennelly heaviside layer

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Ken⋅nel⋅ly-Heav⋅i⋅side lay⋅er

  [ken-l-ee hev-ee-sahyd] .
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–noun Physics.
E layer.
Origin:
1920–25; named after Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1861–1939), U.S. electrical engineer, and O. Heaviside

E layer

 
–noun
the radio-reflective ionospheric layer of maximum electron density, normally found at an altitude between 60 and 75 mi. (100 and 120 km).
Also called Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer.

Origin:
1930–35
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E layer  
See E region.
Kennelly-Heaviside layer   (kěn'ə-lē-hěv'ē-sīd')  Pronunciation Key 
See E layer.
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