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surface_tension
surface tension
English
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A coin suspended on water by surface tension.
Noun
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
the effect on the surface of a liquid
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a measure of this effect
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