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van der Waals' forces (van′dər wôlz′, vän′dər välz′)

weak attractive forces between electrically neutral atoms and molecules

Etymology: after Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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