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langley

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[ 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 Pier·pont [peer, -pont], 1834–1906, U.S. astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in aeronautics.
  3. a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, near Vancouver.
  4. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,025 feet (4,280 meters).

Langley

/ ˈ±ôæŋ±ôɪ /

noun

  1. LangleySamuel Pierpont18341906MUSSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: physicistTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aviator 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

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  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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of langley1

First recorded in 1945–50; after S. P. Langley
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Prof Ruth Langley, from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, is leading the Add-Aspirin trial to see if aspirin can stop early stage cancers from coming back.

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Last October, the head of the US Africa Command, Michael Langley, said he thought IS had grown in northern Somalia by about "two-fold" in a year.

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Luke, from Langley Mill in Derbyshire, had his first taste of the spotlight when he entered a modelling competition for tattooed men on his 30th birthday, he said.

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Ian Langley, 54, was mauled in Shiney Row, near Sunderland, on 3 October 2023, and died in hospital from "catastrophic" neck injuries.

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Bell ran out of the house and chased Mr Langley and his XL bully dogs Titan and Sapphire followed through the open front door, Mr Perks said.

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