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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.
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  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

Flock is a safety, not surveillance, company, Langley says.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“That audit log that we were talking about earlier is why Jason’s aware of that,” Langley said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Flock announced new safeguards earlier this month to prevent misuse and cut how long data is retained, and Langley apologized for abuses by law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Langley told a TED audience in April that the misuse of the company’s technology was “a trade-off I can make” compared to the number of investigations he said it assists with.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Henry Reid advised employees to stay on the lookout for spies disguised as Langley Field soldiers and warned of fifth column plants who might coax valuable research from unwitting laboratory employees.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly