Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heaviside_layer

1 sense of heaviside layer

Sense 1
Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region -- (a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length)
       INSTANCE OF=> region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")