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• langley
  langley

  noun

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

  noun

  Edmund of. York, 1st Duke of.

langley

¹ American  

[lang-lee] / ˈlæŋ li /

noun

Physics.

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

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Langley ² American  

[lang-lee] / ˈlæŋ li /

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).

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Langley British  

/ 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

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langley Scientific  

/ lăng′lē /

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).

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Etymology

Origin of langley

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

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Langley

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From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

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From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly