Usually means: Attraction between temporary dipole moments.
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  1. van der Waals force: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. van der Waals force: Wiktionary
  3. van der Waals force: Dictionary.com
  4. Van der Waals force, Van der waals force: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. van der Waals force: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Van der Waal's force, Van der Waals' force, van der Waals force: Encyclopedia

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  1. Van der Waal's force, Van der Waals' force, van der Waals force: Medical dictionary

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  1. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (van der Waals force)

noun:  (chemistry, often in the plural) The relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles.

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