kennelly

1. 1.

   United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)

   SynonymsA. E. KennellyArthur Edwin Kennelly

   Broaderelectrical engineer

Other forms of kennelly

plural

kennellies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kennelly

What does kennelly mean?

kennelly means "United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)".

How many syllables are in kennelly?

kennelly has 3 syllables: ken-nel-ly. The stress falls on "ken". In IPA it is /ˈkɛnəli/.

What is another word for kennelly?

Close synonyms include A. E. Kennelly, Arthur Edwin Kennelly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kennelly a common word?

kennelly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.