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capillarity
(encz) | capillarity,kapilarita n: Zdeněk Brož |
Capillarity
(gcide) | Capillarity \Cap`il*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. capillarit['e].]
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1. The quality or condition of being capillary.
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2. (Physics) 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.
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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.
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capillarity
(wn) | capillarity
n 1: a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting
in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
[syn: capillarity, capillary action] |
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capillarity
(encz) | capillarity,kapilarita n: Zdeněk Brož |
Capillarity tubes
(gcide) | Capillary \Cap"il*la*ry\ (k[a^]p"[i^]l*l[asl]*r[y^] or
k[.a]*p[i^]l"l[.a]*r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr.
capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.]
1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having
minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as,
the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
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2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary
action.
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Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent
attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused
by capillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction.
Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.
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Electro-capillarity
(gcide) | Electro-capillarity \E*lec`tro-cap`il*lar"i*ty\, n. (Physics)
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by
the action of an electrical current or charge.
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capillarity
(wn) | capillarity
n 1: a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting
in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
[syn: capillarity, capillary action] |
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