surface tension

English

A coin suspended on water by surface tension.

Noun

surface tension (countable and uncountable, plural surface tensions)

(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
(physics) a measure of this effect

Translations

the effect on the surface of a liquid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 表面張力 (zh), 表面张力 (zh) (biǎomiànzhānglì)
Dutch: oppervlaktespanning f
Finnish: pintajännitys (fi)
French: tension superficielle (fr) f
German: Oberflächenspannung (de) f
Japanese: 表面張力 (ひょうめんちょうりょく, hyōmenchōryoku)
Korean: 표면장력 (pyomyeonjangnyeok) (表面張力)
Maori: renarena mata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overflatespenning m or f

Nynorsk: overflatespenning f

Portuguese: tensão superficial (pt) f
Romanian: tensiune superficială f
Russian: пове́рхностное натяже́ние n (povérxnostnoje natjažénije)
Spanish: tensión superficial f
Swedish: ytspänning c
Tagalog: dayaging igting
Telugu: తలతన్యత (te) (talatanyata)
Thai: แรงตึงผิว (rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu)
Vietnamese: sức căng bề mặt, năng lượng bề mặt, ứng suất bề mặt
Welsh: tyniant arwyneb (cy) m

a measure of this effect

Finnish: pintajännitys (fi)
Russian: пове́рхностное натяже́ние n (povérxnostnoje natjažénije)

Spanish: tensión superficial f
Swedish: ytspänning c

See also

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