plural langleys
: a unit of solar radiation equivalent to one gram calorie per square centimeter of irradiated surface
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One langley is the amount of energy required over a square centimeter to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
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Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
Using 42 degrees N for the latitude of Chicago, about 300 langleys of radiation per day are received on the winter solstice, versus about 950 on the summer solstice.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
Dear Tom, Several years ago, the Tribune weather page compared the amount of solar radiation, measured in langleys, on the winter and summer solstices.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
Dear Tom,
Several years ago, the Tribune weather page compared the amount of solar radiation, measured in langleys, on the winter and summer solstices.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
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Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
Using 42 degrees N for the latitude of Chicago, about 300 langleys of radiation per day are received on the winter solstice, versus about 950 on the summer solstice.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
Dear Tom, Several years ago, the Tribune weather page compared the amount of solar radiation, measured in langleys, on the winter and summer solstices.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
Dear Tom,
Several years ago, the Tribune weather page compared the amount of solar radiation, measured in langleys, on the winter and summer solstices.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
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Copy CitationGeographical Definition
Langley
geographical name
Lang·ley
ˈlaŋ-lē 
municipality east-southeast of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada population 104,177
Biographical Definition
Langley
biographical name
Lang·ley
ˈlaŋ-lē
Samuel Pierpont 1834–1906 American astronomer and airplane pioneer
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