HyperDic: kennelly-heaviside_layer

English > 1 sense of the expression Kennelly-Heaviside layer:
NOUNlocationKennelly-Heaviside layer, Heaviside layer, E layer, E regiona region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
English > Kennelly-Heaviside layer: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length.
SynonymsHeaviside layer, E layer, E region
Instance ofregion, partThe extended spatial location of something
Part ofionosphereThe outer region of the Earth's atmosphere

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