表面張力(ひょうめんちょうりょく)

ひょうめんちょうりょく
noun
surface tension
technicalscience
1. surface tension
The force that pulls the surface of a liquid together, letting water form drops or rise above the rim of a full glass.
表面張力(ひょうめんちょうりょく)の実験(じっけん)をする。
To do an experiment on surface tension.
水(みず)が丸(まる)い粒(つぶ)になるのは表面張力(ひょうめんちょうりょく)のせいだ。
Water forms round drops because of surface tension.
Water can rise above the rim of a glass without spilling because surface tension is at work.

A physics term, familiar from school science. 表面(ひょうめん) (surface) + 張力(ちょうりょく) (tension).

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