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surface tension

surface tension 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.

surface tension: the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is...
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Noun

surface tension (countable and uncountable, plural surface tensions)

  1. 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. a measure of this effect

surface tension meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Tagalog

surface tension in Tamil

புறப்பரப்பு விசை, மேற்பரப்பிழுவிசை, பரப்புவிசை, பரப்பு இழுவிசை, பரப்பு இழு விசை, பரப்பு இழுப்பு

surface tension in Telugu

the effect on the surface of a liquid
తలతన్యత talatanyata

surface tension in Kannada

ಮೇಲ್ಮೈ ಒತ್ತಡ, ಮೇಲ್ಪದರೊತ್ತಡ

surface tension in Tagalog

the effect on the surface of a liquid
dayaging igting
More languagesFewer languages
surface tension in Thai
แรงตึงผิว rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu
surface tension in Vietnamese
sức căng bề mặt, năng lượng bề mặt, ứng suất bề mặt

Forms of surface tension

pluralsurface tensions

Questions about surface tension

What does surface tension mean?
Surface tension means the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces.
What is surface tension in Tamil?
Surface tension in Tamil is புறப்பரப்பு விசை, மேற்பரப்பிழுவிசை, பரப்புவிசை. See Surface tension meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is surface tension?
Surface tension is a noun.
What is the plural of surface tension?
The plural of surface tension is surface tensions.

Words near surface tension in the dictionary

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  8. surface water
  9. surface waters
  10. surface web
  11. surface-active

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surface tension (page history and authors); surface tension (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surface tension (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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