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Physics.
the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, esp. a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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