surface tension

English

A coin suspended on water by surface tension.

Pronunciation

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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
2. (physics) a measure of this effect

Translations

the effect on the surface of a liquid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表面張力 / 表面张力 (zh) (biǎomiànzhānglì)

• Dutch: oppervlaktespanning (nl) f
• Finnish: pintajännitys (fi)
• French: tension superficielle (fr) f
• German: Oberflächenspannung (de) f
• Hungarian: felületi feszültség
• Japanese: 表面張力 (ひょうめんちょうりょく, hyōmenchōryoku)
• Korean: 표면장력(表面張力) (pyomyeonjangnyeok)
• Maori: renarena mata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overflatespenning m or f

  Nynorsk: overflatespenning f

• Polish: napięcie powierzchniowe f
• Portuguese: tensão superficial (pt) f
• Romanian: tensiune superficială f
• Russian: пове́рхностное натяже́ние n (povérxnostnoje natjažénije)
• Spanish: tensión superficial f
• Swedish: ytspänning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dayaging igting
• Telugu: తలతన్యత (te) (talatanyata)
• Thai: แรงตึงผิว (rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu)
• Ukrainian: поверхне́вий на́тяг m (poverxnévyj nátjah)
• 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 (sv) c

See also

• surface active
• surfactant