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INTERFACIAL TENSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interfacial tension mean?
• INTERFACIAL TENSION (noun)
The noun INTERFACIAL TENSION has 1 sense:
1. surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids
Familiarity information: INTERFACIAL TENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
interfacial surface tension; interfacial tension
Hypernyms ("interfacial tension" is a kind of...):
surface tension (a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces)
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