Plural of debye; multiple units of electric dipole moment.
Simple plural of 'debye,' formed by adding '-s' to the unit name, following standard English pluralization for measurement units.
When chemists say 'this molecule has 1.85 debyes,' they're measuring how much one end is positive and the other negative—water is about 1.85 debyes, which is why it's so good at dissolving salt.
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