"debye" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dəˈbaɪ/ Forms: debyes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Named after Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist Peter Debye. Head templates: {{en-noun}} debye (plural debyes)
  1. (physics) 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. Wikipedia link: Peter Debye, debye Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: Debye unit Related terms: debye in on ibiblio (english: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement)

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