APPLETON LAYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Appleton layer mean? 

• APPLETON LAYER (noun)
  The noun APPLETON LAYER has 1 sense:

1. the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission

  Familiarity information: APPLETON LAYER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLETON LAYER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Appleton layer; F layer; F region

Instance hypernyms:

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Holonyms ("Appleton layer" is a part of...):

ionosphere (the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons)