debye

[ dih-bahy ]
/ dɪˈbaɪ /

noun Electricity.

a unit of measure for electric dipole moments, equal to 10–18 statcoulomb-centimeters. Abbreviation: D

Origin of debye

First recorded in 1930–35; named after P. J. W. Debye

Words nearby debye

debussy, debussy, claude, debut, debutant, debutante, debye, dec, dec-, dec., deca-, decadal

Definition for debye (2 of 2)

Debye
[ de-bahy ]
/ dɛˈbaɪ /

noun

Pe·ter Jo·seph Wil·helm [pey-tuh r yoh-sef vil-helm] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈyoʊ sɛf ˈvɪl hɛlm/,1884–1966, Dutch physicist, in the U.S. after 1940: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936.

British Dictionary definitions for debye

Debye
/ (Dutch deˈbɛiə) /

noun

Peter Joseph Wilhelm. 1884–1966, Dutch chemist and physicist, working in the US: Nobel prize for chemistry (1936) for his work on dipole moments