Definitions for e layer
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
E layer(n.)
the radio-reflective ionospheric layer of maximum electron density, at an altitude of about 60 mi. (100 km).
Category: Physics
Origin of E layer:
1930–35
Princeton's WordNet
Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region(noun)
a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
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