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E REGION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does E region mean?
• E REGION (noun)
The noun E REGION has 1 sense:
1. a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
Familiarity information: E REGION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
E layer; E region; Heaviside layer; Kennelly-Heaviside layer
Instance hypernyms:
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Holonyms ("E region" is a part of...):
ionosphere (the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons)
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