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surface tension

noun

Definitions

  1. the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane

    the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces

  2. a measure of this effect

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