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drop

Small unit of liquid

Entityunit of volume UCUM derived unitQ185789

Also known as metric drop

Instance of: unit of volume
, UCUM derived unit
Subclass of: fluid parcel

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A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces. A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant drop. Drops may also be formed by the condensation of a vapor or by atomization of a larger mass of solid. Water vapor will condense into droplets depending on the temperature. The temperature at which droplets form is called the dew point.

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Unicode character: 💧
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Facet of: surface tension
Defining formula: \,F_{\gamma} = \pi d \gamma
Measured physical quantity: volume
Made from material: liquid
Different from: Q4213114 criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Said to be the same as: droplet

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