English dictionary
Heaviside
/'h/E/v/i/,s/aI/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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)
Synonyms oliver heavisideSource: WordNet 3.0