Associations to the word «Heaviside»
Noun
- Oliver
- Calculus
- Maxwell
- Gibbs
- Josiah
- Willard
- Integral
- Emu
- Equation
- Layer
- Physicist
- Faraday
- Vector
- Notation
- Impedance
- Mathematician
- Coil
- Distortion
- Appleton
- Curvature
- Dolphin
- Fourier
- Transform
- Fitzgerald
- Function
- Derivation
- Telegraph
- Thomson
- Step
- Derivative
- Edwin
- Propagation
- Transmission
- Operator
- Crater
- Algebra
- Cable
- Atmosphere
- Sage
- Delta
- Wave
- Physic
- Mathematic
- Heinrich
- Constant
- Si
- Ieee
- Electricity
- Durham
- Unit
- Signal
- Clerk
- Current
- Theory
- Frequency
- Integration
- Engineer
- Existence
- Arthur
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Analysis
- Condition
- Solution
- Circuit
- Radiation
- Method
- Input
- Quantity
- Engineering
- Cat
- Discovery
- Concept
- Hamilton
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
HEAVISIDE UNIT FUNCTION, noun. (mathematics) The function whose value is zero if its independent variable is negative, and one otherwise.
Dictionary definition
HEAVISIDE, noun. 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).
Wise words
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.