VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does van der Waal's forces mean? 

• VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES (noun)
  The noun VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES has 1 sense:

1. relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles

  Familiarity information: VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("van der Waal's forces" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractive force (the force by which one object attracts another)