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CAPILLARITY
capillarity, capillary action
(noun) a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
capillarity (countable and uncountable, plural capillarities)
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
Synonyms
• capillary action
• wicking
Anagrams
• piratically
Source: Wiktionary
Cap`il*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capillarité.]
1. The quality or condition of being capillary.
2. (Physics)
Definition: The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
Note: Capillarity depends upon the relative attaction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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