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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A region of the ionosphere, extending from about 90 to 150 kilometers (55 to 95 miles) above the earth and influencing long-distance communications by strongly reflecting radio waves in the range from one to three megahertz.
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- noun a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
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