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langley
/ˈlæŋli/
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What does langley mean?
noun
- A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.
proper noun
- A large village in Slough borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0179).
- A village in Sutton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9471).
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proper noun
- A suburb in Heanor and Loscoe parish, south of Langley Mill, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4446).
- A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4434).
- A suburb of Middleton, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8507).
- 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 village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8051).
- A small village in Haydon parish, southern Northumberland, also known as Langley-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NY8261).
- A hamlet in Leafield parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3015).
- A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0828).
- A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1962).
- A suburb of Oldbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9988).
- A hamlet in Rogate parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8029).
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
- The Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia.
- A city on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.
- A district municipality and city therein, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
- A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
- A locality in Mount Alexander Shire, central Victoria, Australia.
- A lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlæŋli/
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Most notable attempts with this expedient were now shortly made by Hiram Maxim, Langley, and others.
LANGLEY'S LAW.--The law enunciated by Langley is, that the greater the speed the less the power required to propel it.
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I want to write over the doors of most modern edifices, "Repaired and beautified; Langley and Hallet churchwardens."
Bleriot had studied Langley's work to a certain extent, and his sixth construction was a double monoplane based on the Langley principle.
It was Prof. Langley who first brought into prominence in connection with flying machine construction the mathematical principle that the larger the object the smaller may be the relative area of support.