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langley
1[lang-lee]
noun
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
Edmund of. York, 1st Duke of.
Samuel Pierpont 1834–1906, U.S. astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in aeronautics.
William. Langland, William.
a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, near Vancouver.
Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,025 feet (4,280 meters).
Langley
/ ˈæŋɪ /
noun
Samuel Pierpont. 1834–1906, US astronomer and physicist: invented the bolometer (1878) and pioneered the construction of heavier-than-air flying machines
langley
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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A recent example being the claim by the head of the US Africa Command, Gen Michael Langley, that Traoré was using Burkina Faso's gold reserves for his junta's protection rather than the nation's benefit.
Gen Langley's comments, made in early April during a US Senate committee hearing, triggered an uproar among the captain's supporters, who felt their hero was being smeared.
This was further inflamed when shortly afterwards, the Burkinabé junta said it had foiled a coup plot, alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast - where Gen Langley then made a visit.
Ivory Coast denied being involved in any plot, while the US Africa Command said Gen Langley's visit had focused on addressing "common security challenges" - including "violent extremism".
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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