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| sur·face ten·sion |
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cohesive quality of surface of liquid: the property of liquids that gives their surfaces a slightly elastic quality and enables them to form into separate drops. It is caused by the interaction of molecules at or near the surface that tend to cohere and contract the surface into the smallest possible area.
Symbol γσ
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