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  • noun A unit equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter of irradiated surface, used to measure solar radiation.

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  • 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.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Samuel Pierpont Langley, (1834–1906), American astronomer and physicist.]

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