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表面張力 — meaning in English

hyōmenchōryoku

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English meaning

  • surface tension noun The force that makes the surface of a liquid behave like a stretched elastic skin, caused by the molecules at the surface pulling more strongly on each other than on the air above.

Senses

表面張力 is used for these senses in English:

  • 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
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