HyperDic: van_der_waal[s_forces

English > 1 sense of the expression van der Waal's forces:
NOUNphenomenonvan der Waal's forcesrelatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles
English > van der Waal's forces: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningrelatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles.
Broaderattraction, attractive forceThe force by which one object attracts another

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