Langley (redirected from Langley, Samuel Pierpoint)

Lang·ley  (lngl), Mount

A peak, 4,227.9 m (14,026 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of southern California.

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lang·ley  (lngl)

n. pl. lang·leys

A unit equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter of irradiated surface, used to measure solar radiation.

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[After Samuel Pierpoint Langley.]

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langley  (lngl)

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).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	langley - unit of solar radiation unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
	2.	Langley - United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) Samuel Pierpoint Langley