langley

¹

[lang-lee]

noun

Physics.

1. for electromagnetic radiation incident upon a surface, a value of energy per unit area equal to one calorie per square centimeter.

Langley

²

[lang-lee]

noun

1. Edmund of. York, 1st Duke of.

2. Samuel Pierpont 1834–1906, U.S. astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in aeronautics.

3. William. Langland, William.

4. a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, near Vancouver.

5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,025 feet (4,280 meters).

Langley

/ ˈlæŋlɪ /

noun

1. Samuel Pierpont. 1834–1906, US astronomer and physicist: invented the bolometer (1878) and pioneered the construction of heavier-than-air flying machines

langley

1. A unit equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter of irradiated surface, used to measure solar radiation. The langley is named after American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906).

Word History and Origins

Origin of langley¹

First recorded in 1945–50; after S. P. Langley

Example Sentences

Geoff Haliwell lives near a house in Langley Crescent, Prestwich, that is believed to be the Al-Shamie family home.

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On Thursday evening, a GMP spokesman said crime scenes remained in place on White House Avenue, Crumpsall and Langley Crescent, Prestwich, which were linked to the arrests made earlier.

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She says newer country artists - such as Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley and Megan Maroney - were showing "the days of fringes and acoustic guitars and standing on the stage with as many rhinestones as possible singing about losing your dog and a divorce" are long gone.

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The government had already granted planning permission for a data centre in Court Lane, Iver, in December 2024, and another in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, in May 2025.

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Yet when the original Transit first rolled off the production line at Ford's plant in Langley, Berkshire, on 9 August 1965, it was a revelation.

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