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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
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:
Langley; Samuel Pierpoint 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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