Definitions for debyes

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debyes de·bye

Spelling: [dih-bahy]

IPA: /dɪˈbaɪ/

Debyes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in debyes (bdeesy).

Definitions for debyes

noun

1. a unit of measure for electric dipole moments, equal to 10 –18 statcoulomb-centimeters. Abbreviation: D.
2. Peter Joseph Wilhelm [pey-tuh r yoh-sef vil-helm] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈyoʊ sɛf ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, Dutch physicist, in the U.S. after 1940: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936.

Origin of debyes

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