why does the rain drop on my window not fall all the way down off it?

Answer 1

Because the wind makes it go sideways to hit your window.

Answer 2

Water as a liquid has surface tension to keep the droplets has as little surface area as possible, which means the smaller the droplets, the longer it stays on the window. The static friction between the window surface and the droplet is also preventing the droplets from falling quickly. However, when the droplets are large enough, the surface tension can't hold the weight, and friction becomes dynamic ( dynamic friction are always smaller than static friction), the droplets would fall faster, or even break the surface tension and become streams.

Also, even though the smaller droplets does not appear to be falling, they are, just very slowly.


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Answer 3

Because it's not a rain drop it's a booger

Answer 4

Surface Tension. like filling a glass with water and the tension will allow you to fill it above the rim of the glass