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English 1 sense of the expression Oliver Heaviside:
NOUNperson Oliver Heaviside, HeavisideEnglish physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications
EnglishOliver Heaviside: 1 sense noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925).
SynonymHeaviside
Instance ofelectrical engineerA person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
physicistA scientist trained in physics
SpanishHeaviside, Oliver Heaviside
CatalanOliver Heaviside

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