Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun samuel_pierpoint_langley

1 sense of samuel pierpoint langley

Sense 1
Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley -- (United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)