Definition of Jansky

1. Noun. A non-SI unit (symbol ''Jy'') measuring electromagnetic flux density equal to 10-26 watts per square meter per hertz. ¹

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Definition of Jansky

1. the unit of strength of radio wave emission [n JANSKYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jansky

jank
janken
janker
jankers
jankier
jankiest
jankovicite
janks
janky
jann
jannock
jannocks
janns
jansenist
janskies
jansky (current term)
janskys
jant
janted
jantee
janthina
jantier
janties
jantiest
jantily
jantiness
janting
jants
jantu
janty

Literary usage of Jansky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commission Leaflets by Legal dept, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1917)
"WEN ('EL jansky et al. v. BADGER TELEPHONE COMPANY AND PINE RIVER TELEPHONE COMPANY. U - 651. Decided April 16,'1917. Establishment of Physical Connection ..."

2. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"Hektoen noted in 1907 that the three groups do not include all individuals, and in the same year jansky published the classification in four groups. ..."

3. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"jansky included in Group I those bloods whose sera agglutinate cells of all other groups and ... jansky CLASSIFICATION Sera I. II. III. IV. II. + — + I ! ..."

4. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"jansky styles this group I, while Moss classifies it as group IV. ... While the jansky grouping has priority, yet it has not been so widely adopted as the ..."

5. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"45-54, and for events in the Islamic world leading up to the Ottoman conquest of Syria and for the conquest itself, see Herbert jansky, "Die Eroberung ..."

6. A Textbook of bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"The first classification of this kind was made by jansky. Subsequently, a similar classification was made by Moss, but unfortunately Moss reversed the ..."

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