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van der Waals force en · NOUN

Etymology

From van der Waals + force. From Dutch van der Waals. from Johannes Diderik van der Waals, who first described them.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural, often) The relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles.

Forms

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van der Waals forces Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

intermolecular force

Relateds

van der Waals strain

Translations (8)

cmn 范德瓦耳斯力 (weak attraction) · cmn 范德華力 /范德华力 (weak attraction) · fi van der Waalsin voima (weak attraction) · sv van der Waalskraft (weak attraction) · pt atração de van der Waals (weak attraction) · pt força de van der Waals (weak attraction) · pl oddziaływanie van der Waalsa (weak attraction) · nl van der Waalskracht (weak attraction)

wikipedia: en:Johannes Diderik van der Waals