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Noun: Heaviside layer
  1. A region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
    - Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region

Derived forms: Heaviside layers

Type of: part, region

Part of: ionosphere

Encyclopedia: Heaviside layer