debye
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debye¹
- /dəˈbaɪ/
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
Named after Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist Peter Debye.
noun debyes
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The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸ statcoulomb-centimetre and computable from the SI unit coulomb-metre by multiplying by the factor 3.33564 × 10⁻³⁰.
The dipole moments of water and the alcohols are about 1.8 debyes. The moments of ethers are smaller, about 1.2 debyes.
Similar: Debye unit
Debye²
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "debye." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/debye. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. debye. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/debye "debye." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/debye.Cite this
@misc{debye_2026,
title = {debye},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debye},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
