Heaviside
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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)
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- electrical engineer instance hypernym
- physicist instance hypernym
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| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | electrical engineer |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | physicist |