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the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
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a measure of this effect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: physical phenomenon
Narrower terms: capillarity, capillary action, interfacial tension, interfacial surface tension
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Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
повъ́рхностно напреже́ние
(povǎ́rhnostno naprežénie)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Chinese Mandarin:
表面張力 /表面张力
(biǎomiànzhānglì)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Dutch:
oppervlaktespanning
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Finnish:
pintajännitys
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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French:
tension superficielle
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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German:
Oberflächenspannung
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Hungarian:
felületi feszültség
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Japanese:
表面張力
(hyōmenchōryoku)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Korean:
표면장력
(pyomyeonjangnyeok)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Māori:
renarena mata
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Norwegian Bokmål:
overflatespenning
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
overflatespenning
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Polish:
napięcie powierzchniowe
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Portuguese:
tensão superficial
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Romanian:
tensiune superficială
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Russian:
пове́рхностное натяже́ние
(povérxnostnoje natjažénije)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Spanish:
tensión superficial
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Swedish:
ytspänning
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Tagalog:
dayaging igting
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Telugu:
తలతన్యత
(talatanyata)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Thai:
แรงตึงผิว
(rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Ukrainian:
поверхне́вий на́тяг
(poverxnévyj nátjah)
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Vietnamese:
sức căng bề mặt
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Vietnamese:
năng lượng bề mặt
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Vietnamese:
ứng suất bề mặt
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Welsh:
tyniant arwyneb
— the effect on the surface of a liquid
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Bulgarian:
повъ́рхностно напреже́ние
(povǎ́rhnostno naprežénie)
— a measure of this effect
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Finnish:
pintajännitys
— a measure of this effect
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Russian:
пове́рхностное натяже́ние
(povérxnostnoje natjažénije)
— a measure of this effect
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Spanish:
tensión superficial
— a measure of this effect
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Swedish:
ytspänning
— a measure of this effect
