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• darcy
  darcy

  noun

  a unit of permeability, representing the flow, at 1 atmosphere, of 1 cubic centimeter of fluid with 1 centipoise viscosity in 1 second through a 1-square-centimeter cross section of porous medium 1 centimeter long.
• Darcy
  Darcy

  noun

  a male given name.
• Darcy,
  Darcy,

  French engineer who formulated the law (now named for him) governing the rate at which a fluid flows through a permeable medium. The darcy unit, used to measure the permeability of porous substances, is also named after him.

darcy

¹ American  

[dahr-see] / ˈdɑr si /

noun

darcies plural

1. Physics. a unit of permeability, representing the flow, at 1 atmosphere, of 1 cubic centimeter of fluid with 1 centipoise viscosity in 1 second through a 1-square-centimeter cross section of porous medium 1 centimeter long.

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Darcy ² American  

[dahr-see] / ˈdɑr si /

noun

1. a male given name.

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Darcy ¹ British  

/ ˈdɑːsɪ /

noun

1. ( James ) Les ( lie ). 1895–1917, Australian boxer and folk hero, who lost only five professional fights and was never knocked out, considered a martyr after his death from septicaemia during a tour of the United States

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darcy ² British  

/ ˈdɑːsɪ /

noun

1.  D.  geology a unit expressing the permeability coefficient of rock

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Darcy, ¹ Scientific  

1. French engineer who formulated the law (now named for him) governing the rate at which a fluid flows through a permeable medium. The darcy unit, used to measure the permeability of porous substances, is also named after him.

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darcy ² Scientific  

/ där′sē′ /

1. A unit used to measure the permeability of porous substances such as soil. One darcy is equal to the passage of 1 cubic centimeter of fluid having a viscosity of 1 centipoise for 1 second under the pressure of 1 atmosphere through a medium having a volume of 1 cubic centimeter.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• darcies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of darcy

After Henri-Philibert-Gaspard Darcy (1803–58), French engineer

Example Sentences

Olly: jesus. is there a girl on this planet who doesn't love mr. darcy Madeline: All girls love Mr. Darcy?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Olly: are you kidding? even my sister loves darcy and she doesn't love anybody.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon