| English Dictionary |
HEAVISIDE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
• HEAVISIDE (noun)
The noun HEAVISIDE has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: HEAVISIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Heaviside; Oliver Heaviside
Instance hypernyms:
electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"What the people believe is true." (Native American proverb, Anishinabe)
"Your brother is the one who gives you honest advice." (Arabic proverb)
"Where there's a will, there is a way." (Dutch proverb)