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D d - noun debye Peter Joseph Wilhelm. 1884–1966, Dutch chemist and physicist, working in the US: Nobel prize for chemistry (1936) for his work on dipole moments 3
- noun debye Peter J(oseph) W(illiam)1884-1966; U.S. physicist & chemist, born in the Netherlands 3
- noun debye (physics): A CGS unit of electrical dipole moment equivalent to 3.33564 x 10-30 coulomb meter, used for measurements at the molecular scale. 1
- noun debye 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. 1