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debye

/dəˈbaɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  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.
  2. A surname.

Etymology / origin

Named after Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist Peter Debye.

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