debye
[ dih-bahy ]
/ dɪˈbaɪ /
noun Electricity.
a unit of measure for electric dipole moments, equal to 10–18 statcoulomb-centimeters. Abbreviation: D
QUIZZES
LEARN THE SPANISH WORDS FOR THESE COMMON ANIMALS!
Are you learning Spanish? Or do you just have an interest in foreign languages? Either way, this quiz on Spanish words for animals is for you.
Question 1 of 13
How do you say “cat” 🐈 in Spanish?
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-, deca-, decadal, decade, decadelong
Definition for debye (2 of 2)
Debye
[ de-bahy ]
/ dɛˈbaɪ /
noun
Pe·ter Jo·seph Wil·helm [pey-tuhr -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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012