Definition of D-layer

1. Noun. The lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves.

Exact synonyms: D Region
Group relationships: Ionosphere
Generic synonyms: Part, Region

Lexicographical Neighbors of D-layer

D-arabino-1-kinase
D-arabinonolactone oxidase
D-arabinose dehydrogenase
D-bag
D-bags
D-day
D-erythritol 1-phosphate dehydrogenase
D-erythro-dihydroneopterin triphosphate epimerase
D-flat major
D-frame
D-frames
D-fructose 5-dehydrogenase
D-homosteroid
D-lactaldehyde dehydrogenase
D-lactate dehydrogenase
D-layer
D-mandelate dehydrogenase
D-methylmalonyl coenzyme A hydrolase
D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase
D-notice
D-octopine dehydrogenase
D-phenylglycine aminotransferase
D-pillar
D-pillars
D-post
D-ribitol-5-phoshate cytidylyltransferase
D-ribose reductase
D-ribulokinase
D-serine dehydratase
D-sharp minor

Literary usage of D-layer

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

1. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"Bottom of tank, formed of brick, laid flat, covered with a layer of cement; d. Layer of three inches of Baud, to isolate the brick-work of bottom from ..."

2. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"Let the viscous tangential force of one layer on the next d layer per square centimetre in the direction of motion be F. The motion of each layer relative ..."

3. A Text-book of histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"A, Barren or molecular layer ; Ji, layer of small pyramidal cells ; C, layer of large pyramidal cells ; D, layer of polymorphous cells ; E¡ white matter; ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Besides a ial Cantata' he composed a mass in E any organ pieces and much vocal music. :eived the degree of doctor of music from d. LAYER, William Makepeace ..."

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