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Appleton layer

the F layer of the ionosphere

Etymology: after Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), Eng scientist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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