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

Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, who was heavily involved in wooing Sheridan to Universal over the past two months, made a pilgrimage to his ranch to help seal the deal.

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The Lost King focused on the role of historian Philippa Langley in the search, which involved archaeologists from the University of Leicester.

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At 37, Langley is expecting her third child and describes this pregnancy as “more tiring, more painful, more challenging” than any of her previous ones.

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“If I were to get a debilitating headache tomorrow, would I take the Tylenol? I probably would,” said Langley.

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“I’m sorry we sent them into space,” Donna Langley said in an onstage interview at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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