SURFACE TENSION


Meaning of SURFACE TENSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1876

: the attractive force exerted upon the surface molecules of a liquid by the molecules beneath that tends to draw the surface molecules into the bulk of the liquid and makes the liquid assume the shape having the least surface area

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