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Lang⋅ley

[lang-lee]
–noun
1. Edmund of. York, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of.
2. Samuel Pier⋅pont [peer-pont] , 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. 15,124.
5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,025 ft. (4280 m).
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langley   (lāng'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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