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| Noun | 1. English 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).[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Heaviside" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
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| Heaviside (lunar crater) | Heaviside is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the eastern rim of the equally-large Keeler walled-basin, although Keeler is somewhat less eroded than Heaviside. To the northwest lies Stratton crater, and to the southeast is the prominent Aitken crater. (references) | ||
| Heaviside condition | The Heaviside condition, stated by Oliver Heaviside, is used in the construction of telegraph cables etc to balance the effects of the cable’s capacitance and inductance. It is a requirement for distortionless transmission of pulses through an electrical transmission line. (references) | ||
| Heaviside layer | A region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Michael Heaviside | Michael Heaviside was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. (references) | ||
| Oliver Heaviside | English 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). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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| Heaviside layer | Aerospace | = E-layer. (references) | |
| Heaviside layer | Business | Synonym E region. (references) | |
| Heaviside unit step | Mathematics | A function, zero for all negative values of the independent variable and equal to unity for all positive values. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Heaviside | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Oliver Heaviside | 27 | Heaviside (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Heaviside (lunar crater) | 11 | Heaviside (crater) | 2 | |
| Heaviside step function | 11 | Heaviside (lunar crater) | 11 | |
| Michael Heaviside | 9 | Heaviside condition | 7 | |
| Heaviside condition | 7 | Heaviside step function | 11 | |
| Heaviside (alternative meanings) | 2 | Michael Heaviside | 9 | |
| Heaviside (crater) | 2 | Oliver Heaviside | 27 | |
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