"surface tension" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: surface tensions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surface tension (countable and uncountable, plural surface tensions)
  1. (physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Liquids Related terms: surface active, surfactant Translations (the effect on the surface of a liquid): 表面張力 (Chinese Mandarin), 表面张力 (biǎomiànzhānglì) (Chinese Mandarin), oppervlaktespanning [feminine] (Dutch), pintajännitys (Finnish), tension superficielle [feminine] (French), Oberflächenspannung [feminine] (German), felületi feszültség (Hungarian), 表面張力 (hyōmenchōryoku) (alt: ひょうめんちょうりょく) (Japanese), 표면장력 (pyomyeonjangnyeok) (alt: 表面張力) (Korean), renarena mata (Maori), overflatespenning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overflatespenning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), napięcie powierzchniowe [feminine] (Polish), tensão superficial [feminine] (Portuguese), tensiune superficială [feminine] (Romanian), пове́рхностное натяже́ние (povérxnostnoje natjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), tensión superficial [feminine] (Spanish), ytspänning [common-gender] (Swedish), dayaging igting (Tagalog), తలతన్యత (talatanyata) (Telugu), แรงตึงผิว (rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu) (Thai), поверхне́вий на́тяг (poverxnévyj nátjah) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sức căng bề mặt (Vietnamese), năng lượng bề mặt (Vietnamese), ứng suất bề mặt (Vietnamese), tyniant arwyneb [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-surface_tension-en-noun-TV9hWRRK Disambiguation of Liquids: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the effect on the surface of a liquid': 94 6
  2. (physics) a measure of this effect Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (a measure of this effect): pintajännitys (Finnish), пове́рхностное натяже́ние (povérxnostnoje natjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), tensión superficial [feminine] (Spanish), ytspänning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-surface_tension-en-noun-G5kIKk9h Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a measure of this effect': 3 97

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a measure of this effect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ytspänning"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "surface tension"
  ],
  "word": "surface tension"
}

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