surface tension
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
surface tension (countable and uncountable, plural surface tensions)
- (physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
- (physics) a measure of this effect
Translations[edit]
the effect on the surface of a liquid
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a measure of this effect
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