van der Waals forces
/ˌvɑːndəˈvɑːlz/plural noun
- Chemistry weak, short-range electrostatic attractive forces between uncharged molecules, arising from the interaction of permanent or transient electric dipole moments【化】范德瓦耳斯力。
词源
late 19th cent.: named after Johannes van der Waals （1837-1923）, Dutch physicist.