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Metronym vs Langley - What's the difference?

metronym | langley |

As nouns the difference between metronym and langley

is that metronym is the name of someone's mother while langley is a unit of heat transmission in the cgs system of units it is equivalent to 41,840 j/m² in si units symbol: ly.

metronym

English

Alternative forms

* matronym

Noun

(en noun)
  • The name of someone's mother.
  • A matronymic surname.

    • Related terms

    * metronymic

    See also

    * patronym * -onym English words suffixed with -onym

    langley

    English

    (wikipedia Langley)

    Proper noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * Langley extrapolation English surnames from Old English