what does Oliver Heaviside mean?

OLIVER HEAVISIDE as NOUN

Meaning
- 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)
Synonym(s)
- Heaviside (what does Heaviside mean?)
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