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Interface forces can support pressure jumps and capillary columns.
ModelMeasurement · ChemistrySelectivity of a measuring systemResponding to a target differs from excluding interference.
DefinitionBiology · ChemistryWater polarity and biological interactionsWater's molecular interactions help explain solvation, cohesion and thermal buffering.
Empirical findingBiology · ChemistryOsmolarity and tonicityTotal particle concentration and lasting cell-volume effect are different properties.
DefinitionBiology · ChemistryPlant water potential and pressure balanceOsmotic and mechanical contributions together determine passive water movement.
ModelPhysics · ChemistryOpen, closed, isolated and adiabatic systemsA system boundary determines which transfers count as exchanges.
DefinitionMeasurement · Physics · ChemistryCommon non-SI units and exact SI conversionsCommon non-SI unit names require their correct SI scale factors.
DefinitionPhysics · ChemistryGas pressure as molecular momentum transferMolecular collisions link macroscopic pressure to random translational motion.
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