ALL meanings of surface tension
sur·face ten·sion
S s - noun surface tension liquid: surface force 1
- noun surface tension the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules. 1
- noun surface tension a property of liquids caused by intermolecular forces near the surface leading to the apparent presence of a surface film and to capillarity, etc 0
- noun surface tension a measure of this property expressed as the force acting normal to one side of a line of unit length on the surface: measured in newtons per metre 0
- noun surface tension a property of liquids in which the exposed surface tends to contract to the smallest possible area because of unequal molecular cohesive forces near the surface: measured by the force per unit of length 0
- noun surface tension Surface tension is the force that makes a surface area tend to become smaller to make its surface energy as low as possible. 0