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Definition of Heaviside layer

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heaviside Layer

Literary usage of Heaviside layer

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

1. Wireless Telegraphy: With Special Reference to the Quenched-spark System by Bernard John Leggett (1921)
"This curving continues until the tubes reach the upper conducting layer of the atmosphere (Heaviside layer) when the problem becomes similar to that of a ..."

2. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"The upper or permanently ionized layer has been called the Heaviside layer, and we may call the region beneath it in which the density of the ions varies by ..."

3. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"Overcoming a relatively significant distance as well as the shielding effect exerted by the atmosphere on radio waves (Heaviside layer),* are successful ..."

4. Radio Telephony by Alfred Norton Goldsmith (1918)
"They are believed to originate in the Heaviside layer or conducting portion of the upper atmosphere when this is subjected ..."

5. Experimental Wireless Stations: Their Theory, Design, Construction and by Philip E. Edelman (1922)
"Heaviside layer Theory. tor. The aerial discharges at this point and as a result the strain in the electrostatic field is relieved. ..."

6. Elements of Radiotelegraphy by Ellery W. Stone (1919)
"Marchant, EW " The Heaviside layer." Vol. 5, No. 1. Marriott, RH "Engineering Precautions in Radio Installations." Vol. 5, No. 2. ..."

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