VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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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)

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