surface tension
Noun
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Noun
surface tension
- (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
- French: tension superficielle
- German: Oberflächenspannung
- Portuguese: tensão superficial
- Russian: пове́рхностное натяже́ние
- Spanish: tensión superficial
- Russian: пове́рхностное натяже́ние
- Spanish: tensión superficial
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