Surface Tension

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ST
Pronunciation
/ˈsərfəs ˈtɛnʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Explain that fracture energy and strength decrease from the viewpoint of surface energy and surface tension.
  2. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries.
  3. Resistance head Surface tension makes the pressure inside a bubble exceed the pressure of its surroundings.
  4. The swelling strain of mortar increases linearly with the increase of surface tension of immersion liquids.
  5. Capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents.

Other meanings of ST