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LANGLEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Langley; Samuel Pierpoint Langley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unit of solar radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("langley" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

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