eli5 Do water drops hanging from a a surface constantly drip at a microscopic level?

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eli5 Do water drops hanging from a a surface constantly drip at a microscopic level?

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If you mean microscopic in the sense of molecules coming off the drop in evaporation, then yes, that’s one way to think about it. That’s how a hanging drop can disappear over time without touching it or seeing anything happen to it.