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thermocapillarity

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The condition of being thermocapillary

uncountable

Examples

“If the destabilizing effect of thermocapillarity overcomes the stabilizing effect of surface tension and gravity, the liquid film ruptures in finite time, through the formation of primary and secondary thermocapillary finger structures. The long-wave evolution dynamics are compared for two different substrate types: isothermal non-porous and isothermal porous for small Biot number⟳ in a zero gravity environment.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

thermocatheter thermocautery thermoception thermochemical thermochemical calorie thermochemist

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