- published: 10 Jun 2014
- views: 460112
A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces. A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the lower end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant drop. Drops may also be formed by the condensation of a vapor or by atomization of a larger mass of liquid.
Liquid forms drops because the liquid exhibits surface tension.
A simple way to form a drop is to allow liquid to flow slowly from the lower end of a vertical tube of small diameter. The surface tension of the liquid causes the liquid to hang from the tube, forming a pendant. When the drop exceeds a certain size it is no longer stable and detaches itself. The falling liquid is also a drop held together by surface tension.
In the pendant drop test, a drop of liquid is suspended from the end of a tube by surface tension. The force due to surface tension is proportional to the length of the boundary between the liquid and the tube, with the proportionality constant usually denoted . Since the length of this boundary is the circumference of the tube, the force due to surface tension is given by
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter. Natasha released her debut album, Unwritten, in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed international success with more than 2.3 million copies sold worldwide. Bedingfield received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the title track "Unwritten", and at the 2005 and 2006 Brit Awards she was nominated for Best British Female Artist. Her second album, N.B. (2007), yielded the UK top 10 singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies" and "Soulmate". N.B. was not released in North America, but six tracks from it were included with seven new ones and released in 2008 as her third studio album, Pocketful of Sunshine, with the singles "Love Like This" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" earning success on the charts. In December 2010, Bedingfield released her third album in North America, named Strip Me. In 2012, VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music.
does the rain define me?
emotions dripping
i’m slipping and falling
my senses are calling
but not enough sense to come in out of the rain
there’s something inside me that says to stop
stand still, just feel
let them find you and remind you
there’s a point to every drop
raindrops keep falling on my head
but that doesn’t mean
my eyes will soon be turning red
soon be turning red no
raindrops are falling on my head
they keep falling
but I am free
nothing’s worrying me
does the rain remind me
of something i’m missing
it’s some sinking feeling
the symptoms of drowning
are swallowing several unbearable things
just flood me with something until i stop
sucking down this drought
let them fill me, let them kill me
there’s a point to every drop
i am falling
falling on my head
when it rains it pours they say
i keep my doors closed
so what i hold inside is not exposed
to whoever’s outside of my window
feeling insecure and judging myself more
for this long suffering that i’ve endured
through it all
the man in the mirror has become more mature
as these puddles start to fill
the rain becomes my comfort
i learn how to swim
and not let life take me under
i compose to the lightning and the thunder
raindrops wash away my tears
so i stand right under
i’m the seed that mom and pops planted
no wonder it rains
seeds need water to grow
and to be met by the sunshine
peekin’ through my window
the rain i speak of is a state of mind
that falls in the form of trials and tribulations
if you are not tuned in to happiness