凝ぎょう集しゅう力りょく

noun

cohesive force; cohesion

Technical term used in physics, chemistry, and materials science for the force that holds molecules or particles of the same substance together.

• 水みずの表ひょう面めん張ちょう力りょくは、水みず分ぶん子し間かんの凝ぎょう集しゅう力りょくによって生しょうじる。

  The surface tension of water arises from the cohesive force between water molecules.