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surface tension

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006174

The stretching force required to form a liquid film; the force tends to minimize the area of the surface.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006174
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsinterfacial force; interfacial tension
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofluid mechanics; capillary fringe; surfactants
TranslationsSpanish: tensión de la superficie
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006174",
  "term": "surface tension",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The stretching force required to form a liquid film; the force tends to minimize the area of the surface.",
  "synonyms": [
    "interfacial force",
    "interfacial tension"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "fluid mechanics",
    "capillary fringe",
    "surfactants"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "tensión de la superficie"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/surface-tension/"
}

Record 6,174 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.