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PRONUNCIATION OF SURFACE TENSION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURFACE TENSION

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Surface tension is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SURFACE TENSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Surface tension

Surface tension is a contractive tendency of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force. Surface tension is an important property that markedly influences the ecosystem. Surface tension is exposed, for example, any time an object or insect that is denser than water is able to float or run along the water surface. At liquid-air interfaces, surface tension results from the greater attraction of water molecules to each other than to the molecules in the air. The net effect is an inward force at its surface that causes water to behave as if its surface were covered with a stretched elastic membrane. Because of the relatively high attraction of water molecules for each other, water has a high surface tension compared to that of most other liquids. Surface tension is an important factor in the phenomenon of capillarity. Surface tension has the dimension of force per unit length, or of energy per unit area. The two are equivalent—but when referring to energy per unit of area, people use the term surface energy—which is a more general term in the sense that it applies also to solids and not just liquids.

Definition of surface tension in the English dictionary

The definition of surface tension in the dictionary is a property of liquids caused by intermolecular forces near the surface leading to the apparent presence of a surface film and to capillarity, etc. Other definition of surface tension is 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 T, γ, σ.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURFACE TENSION

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SURFACE TENSION

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Synonyms and antonyms of surface tension in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «surface tension» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURFACE TENSION

Find out the translation of surface tension to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surface tension from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surface tension» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

表面张力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tensión superficial
570 millions of speakers

English

surface tension
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सतह तनाव
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التوتر السطحي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поверхностное натяжение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tensão superficial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃষ্ঠের টান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tension de surface
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketegangan permukaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oberflächenspannung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表面張力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표면 장력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tension permukaan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sức căng bề mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்பரப்பு பதற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृष्ठभागावर ताण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzey gerilimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tensione superficiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

napięcie powierzchniowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поверхневий натяг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tensiune superficială
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

επιφανειακή τάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oppervlakspanning
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ytspänning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overflatespenning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surface tension

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURFACE TENSION»

The term «surface tension» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surface tension

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURFACE TENSION»

Discover the use of surface tension in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surface tension and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Effect of Temperature and Impurities on Surface Tension of ...
Surface tension is one of the major issues encountered in the oil industry. This study investigated the laboratory effect of temperature and impurities on surface tension of crude oil samples and water.
Stephen Gekwu Udeagbara, 2010
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Surface tension: problematics of site
Edited by Brandon LaBelle, Ken Ehrlich and Stephen Vitiello.
Ken Ehrlich, Brandon LaBelle, Stephen Vitiello, 2003
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New Flatness: Surface Tension in Digital Architecture
In this book, the concepts of flatness and surface tension are examined in the light of virtual design and built reality.
Alicia Imperiale, 2000
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Surface and Interfacial Tension: Measurement, Theory, and ...
This edited volume offers complete coverage of the latest theoretical, experimental, and computer-based data as summarized by leading international researchers.
Stanley Hartland, 2004
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Surface Tension and the Spreading of Liquids
Surface Tension and Surface Energy The idea of a tension in the free surface of a liquid is familiar as an explanation of the tendency of a liquid surface to assume the form having a minimum area, as shown in the shape of a bubble or a drop of  ...
R. S. Burdon, 2014
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Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Interfacial tension between two immiscible liquids is normally less than the surface tension of the liquid with the higher tension, and often is intermediate between the individual surface tensions of the two liquids of interest. Common units of ...
William C. Lyons, 1996
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An Introduction to the Principles of Surface Chemistry
Surface tension and surface free energy. Consider a drop of a one component liquid in equilibrium with its vapour and in the absence of any external forces. The drop spontaneously assumes the form of a sphere, the shape which corresponds ...
R. Aveyard, D. A. Haydon, 1973
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Alveolar Surface Tension Energy is used to overcome the tension at the surface of the alveoli.16 When two dissimilar substances come into contact at a common surface, a surface tension develops. An air-liquid interface generates a high ...
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003
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First Place Science Fair Projects for Inquisitive Kids
CONCLUSION Have you ever noticed a water strider sliding across a still pond? The strong surface tension of water supports this aquatic insect. Surface tension is a force that holds the surface of a liquid together. PROBLEM/PURPOSE ...
Elizabeth Snoke Harris, 2005
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Essential Medical Physiology
pressure is not observed in lungs inflated with saline, indicating that surface tension contributes to this behavior (see later discussion). After the critical opening pressure is reached, large increases in lung volume occur with relatively small ...
Leonard R. Johnson, John H. Byrne, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURFACE TENSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surface tension is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stanford researchers solve the mystery of the dancing droplets
Water also has a higher surface tension. These differences create a tornado-like flow inside the droplets, which not only allows them to move but also allows a ... «Stanford University News, Mar 15»
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Water droplets bounce off these new self-cleaning surfaces
Every day, we interact with a myriad of surfaces ranging from soft fabrics to ... by oil contamination, which has a lower surface tension that allows oil to penetrate. «Ars Technica, Mar 15»
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Preview of Surface Tension
Coming in May 2015 from Jay Gunn (writer/artist) is Surface Tension – which the great Pat Mills called “a story for our times, written and drawn with passion! «Flickering Myth, Feb 15»
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Lasers create surface so hydrophobic that water bounces off like a ball
Recently, UCLA engineers created a superomniphobic surface that repelled all .... a boat with an outer surface of immense surface tension float or submerge? «ExtremeTech, Jan 15»
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Adding liquids to solids could make them stronger – and more useful
If too large of a droplet is used in the solid, its surface tension isn't sufficient to hold all that liquid in place when the solid is mechanically stressed. As a result, the ... «Gizmag, Dec 14»
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Scientists control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals (w …
Liquid metals normally form a spherical shape due to their large surface tension. By applying a small voltage to the metal in water, a surface oxide forms on the ... «Phys.Org, Sep 14»
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Surface tension: can a Windows tablet replace your laptop?
It is the tablet that Microsoft hopes will usurp Apple's iPad, but that so far has cost the company an extraordinary $1.7bn. Yet the Surface is a device that Microsoft ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
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These iPad Screens Reveal Something About the Human Condition
Photographer Meggan Gould flips this equation with Surface Tension. Gould has long used her camera to highlight the seemingly invisible things around us, ... «Wired, Jul 14»
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Microsoft breaks the Surface tension
Having used Surface Pro and read so much negative criticism about the original RT ... Surface feels fast enough to me, and the experience switching between ... «BetaNews, Jun 14»
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Meg Whitman ramps up Surface tension, declares Microsoft 'outright …
Microsoft risked a ticking off from its OEM partners by launching its own-brand Surface tablets last year, and now it looks like the decision has come back to bite ... «TechRadar UK, Oct 13»

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