van der Waal's forces
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~ relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles
van der Waals
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~ Dutch physicist (1837-1923)
Virginia Wade
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~ English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
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~ Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
Vietnam War
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~ a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States