Definition of E layer

1. Noun. A region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length.

Exact synonyms: E Region, Heaviside Layer, Kennelly-heaviside Layer
Group relationships: Ionosphere
Generic synonyms: Part, Region

Lexicographical Neighbors of E Layer

EWG
EXAFS
EXEC
EXIF
EXO1 exonuclease
EXORD
EXORDS
EXP
EXW
EZ
E chart
E charts
E face
E flat major
E layer (current term)
E major
E minor
E number
E numbers
E region
E rosette
E rosettes
Ea
Eacles
Eacles imperialis
Eadie-Hofstee plot
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadwig
Eagle

Literary usage of E layer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"Bearing, N. 70-80 degrees E. Layer with fragments of ... N. 80-90 degrees E. Layer exposed with large surface, on the whole of which the direction of the ..."

2. Psychology; an Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human by James Rowland Angell (1908)
"A, layer of rods and cones; a, rods; 6, cones; E, layer of bipolar cell»; O, layer of large ganglion cells; E, layer of nerve fibres; s, centrifugal nerve ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1858)
"e layer- numerous -ep; into its substance, supporting its various lobes: from the anterior layer, fibrous proc. forward to the integument and nipple, ..."

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