This is accomplished through the formation of a sphere since it gives the smallest surface area for a given volume of any geometrical shape. In the first shower made for use in a space capsule in orbit, balls of water came from the showerhead and got loose in the space capsule. The H-bonding in the water made large globules of water. There was no gravity to pull the small water droplets down before they coalesced. The stronger the attractive forces the higher the surface tension.
Translational motion is restricted.
Larger attractive forces than in the liquids. They have a well-defined network called a crystal lattice. Examples are metals, diamond, salts. Amorphous solids have a random distribution of particles. Examples are supercooled liquids called glasses, which contain a great deal of disorder.