What is the length described in surface tension?

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πr2 is not a length. That may be the source of the confusion.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
πr2 is not a length. That may be the source of the confusion.

Sorry I meant 2pir. Specifically the term σcosθ(2pir).
 

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