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Surface tension
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surface tension
n.
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.
Surface tension
The attraction of molecules in a fluid for each other.
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