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Marangoni (iou)



Marangoni noun. M20.
[Carlo G. M. Marangoni (1840-1925), Italian physicist.]
Physics.
Marangoni effect, small-scale turbulence at a liquid interface owing to local variations in surface tension. Hence Marangoni instability, instability in a liquid interface associated with such variations. M20.
Marangoni number, a dimensionless number equal to the ratio of the surface tension gradient in a liquid to the product of viscous drag and the rate of heat diffusion. M20.