SURFACE TENSION Synonyms

• the state of cohering or sticking together

• (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

• (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid

• (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• a medium that disseminates moving pictures

• photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

• a thin coating or layer

• a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

• make a film or photograph of something

• record in film

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight

• surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids