Sentences with phrase «sag under gravity»

Oils such as pentane have a low surface tension — 15mN / m — so they sag under gravity and tend to form a flat pool rather than a spherical droplet, meeting the surface at a low angle.

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Because lenses can only be supported around the edge, when they get too big they start to sag under the effect of gravity.
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