LANGLEY

Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley

(noun) United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)

langley

(noun) unit of solar radiation

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Named in 1947 after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906).

Noun

langley (plural langleys)

A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.

Anagrams

• angelly

Etymology

A habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang ("long") + lēah ("wood" or "glade").

Proper noun

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

A surname.

An unincorporated community in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

(by metonymy) The Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia.

A district municipality of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

One of numerous places in England

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

A large village in Slough borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0179).

A village south of Langley Mill, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4446).

A village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4401).

A hamlet and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2122).

A small village in Haydon parish, southern Northumberland, also known as Langley-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ8261).

A lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.

Anagrams

• angelly

Source: Wiktionary

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