B1 noun #4,160 most common

surface tension

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

surface tension in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) The effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
  • (noun) A measure of this effect

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun 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. 2
    noun A measure of this effect
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