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SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY

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• SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY (noun)
The noun SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY has 1 sense:

1. United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)

Familiarity information: SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY used as a noun is very rare.

• SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Samuel Pierpoint Langley ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Samuel Pierpoint Langley; Langley

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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