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Gravity for starters. Also, one must consider that water on glass has a coefficient of friction that is very low, therefore causing it to flow very freely to the lowest point.

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It is gravity, but its the viscosity level that makes water fill the bottom of the glass.

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Gravity holds the water at the lowest point in the glass, except that surface tension, a physical property of water, overcomes the gravity slightly to cling to the sides of the glass at a slightly higher point than the level of the rest of the water in the glass.

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Water is heavier than air and pushes water down beneath it as it flows into a glass. As the water settles in the glass, the lighter air rises up in bubbles.

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Surface tension

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Cohesion

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