surface tension

surface tension definition - medical

surface tension

noun
  1. A property of liquids arising from unbalanced molecular cohesive forces at or near the surface, as a result of which the surface tends to contract and exhibit properties resembling those of a stretched elastic membrane.
  2. A measure of this property.

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