Associations to the word «Heaviside»
Noun
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.