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debyes

debyes is the plural of debye.

Meaning of debye

Noun

debye (plural debyes)

  1. 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.1976, George Scatchard, Equilibrium in Solutions: Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Harvard University Press, page 197
    Synonyms:
    Debye unit

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Questions about debyes

What is debyes the plural of?
Debyes is the plural of debye.

Words near debyes in the dictionary

  1. Debye units
  2. Debye-Falkenhagen effect
  3. Debye-Falkenhagen effects
  4. Debye-Hückel theory
  5. Debye-Scherrer method
  6. debyes
  7. debâcle
  8. debâcles
  9. debûtante
  10. dec
  11. dec'd

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