Darcy Definition

därsē
noun
A unit used to measure the permeability of porous substances such as soil, equal to the passage of 1 cubic centimeter of fluid having a viscosity of 1 centipoise for 1 second under the pressure of 1 atmosphere through a medium having a volume of 1 cubic centimeter.
American Heritage
pronoun

A Norman baronial surname​ from a place d'Arcy in Northern France.

Wiktionary
A male given name, transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary
A female given name of mostly American usage since the mid-twentieth century.
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Other Word Forms of Darcy

Noun

Singular:
darcy
Plural:
darcies, darcys

Origin of Darcy

  • After Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Darcy Sentence Examples

  • The rates of pore fluid flow are related to the pore pressure gradient through Darcy's Law.

  • Jane Austen provides us with Mr. Darcy, the Bingleys and the Bennets.

  • His first wife was Amelia (1754-1784), daughter of Robert Darcy, 4th earl of Holdernesse, who became Baroness Conyers in her own right in 1778.

  • These titles were, however, separated when his son, Francis Godolphin Darcy, the 7th Duke (1798-1859), died without sons in May 1859.

  • P. Darcy (1803-1858) and continued by H.Bazin, at the expense of the French government (Recherches hydrauliques, Paris, 1866).

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Words Starting With

DDADAR

Words Ending With

YCYRCY

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Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

Starts With D & Ends With YStarts With DA & Ends With YStarts With D & Ends With CY

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