Associations to the word «Langley»

Wiktionary

LANGLEY, proper noun. An English surname.
LANGLEY, proper noun. An unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
LANGLEY, proper noun. A metronym for the Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia.
LANGLEY, proper noun. A district municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
LANGLEY, proper noun. A town in England.
LANGLEY, proper noun. A lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.
LANGLEY, 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.

Dictionary definition

LANGLEY, noun. Unit of solar radiation.
LANGLEY, noun. United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley