Heaviside

[ hev-ee-sahyd ]

noun

1. Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.

Heaviside

/ ˈhɛvɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. HeavisideOliver18501925MEnglishSCIENCE: physicist Oliver. 1850–1925, English physicist. Independently of Kennelly, he predicted (1902) the existence of an ionized gaseous layer in the upper atmosphere (the Heaviside layer ); he also contributed to telegraphy

Example Sentences

The company had recently completed work on Heaviside, a flying car prototype meant to operate quietly in denser living spaces.

From Washington Times

The report also details a number of recent employee departures, including a few engineers who left Kitty Hawk after they believed Vander Lind retaliated against them for raising safety concerns about Heaviside.

From The Verge

A tribe of cats must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.

From Los Angeles Times

So Kitty Hawk says it will take all it learned with Flyer and apply it to “doubling down on Heaviside as our primary platform.”

From The Verge

Katherine Heaviside, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said it always had an “adequate supply of PPE ready for our personnel, and will continue to do so until this crisis has subsided.”

From New York Times