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Re:The 'drinking bird' makes a comeback and could power gadg... by BoiledCabbage on Thursday March 14, 2024 @05:29PM (#39709198)
"Surface tension in water owes to the fact that water molecules attract one another, as each molecule forms a bond with the ones in its vicinity."

Surface tension is a bond that binds water mold together similar to how mortar holds bricks together in a wall.

Mortar doesn't make the brick solid, but it holds the bricks together.

People are reading bond in two different ways. Bond within a molecule vs bond between molecules.

1. https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/surface-tension-forms-a-st...

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Re:The 'drinking bird' makes a comeback and could power gadg... by paholg on Thursday March 14, 2024 @06:48PM (#39709882)
This conversation is a very clear sign that the article is poorly worded. If it takes this much discussion to get at its meaning, it's probably not communicating clearly.
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