liquid tension
41surface tension — noun Date: 1876 the attractive force exerted upon the surface molecules of a liquid by the molecules beneath that tends to draw the surface molecules into the bulk of the liquid and makes the liquid assume the shape having the least surface area …
42surface tension — ► NOUN ▪ the tension of the surface film of a liquid, which tends to minimize surface area …
43interfacial surface tension — the tension or resistance to separation possessed by the film of liquid between two well adapted surfaces, as by the thin film of saliva between the denture base and the tissues …
44surface tension — n [U] the way the ↑molecules in the surface of a liquid stick together so that the surface is held together …
45surface tension — noun uncount TECHNICAL the force by which the molecules of a liquid stay close together at the surface to form the smallest possible area …
46surface tension — noun the tension of the surface film of a liquid, which tends to minimize surface area …
47surface tension — /ˈsɜfəs tɛnʃən/ (say serfuhs tenshuhn) noun a property of liquid or solid matter due to unbalanced molecular forces near a surface, and the measure thereof; an apparent tension in an actually non existent surface film associated with capillary… …
48surface tension — Surface film on liquids caused by cohesion of the molecules of the liquid at the free surface …
49vapor tension — 1. See vapor pressure. 2. the maximum vapor pressure possible, at a given temperature, in a system composed of a liquid or solid substance in contact with the vapor of that substance. [1860 65] * * * …
50surface tension — noun a) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces b) a measure of this effect …
