capillary : Idioms & Phrases

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Capillarity tubes

  • . See the Note under Capillarity.
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capillary action

  • noun a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
    capillarity.
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capillary artery

  • noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
    arteriole; arteriola.
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Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion

  • the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction.
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capillary bed

  • noun a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries
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capillary fracture

  • noun a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
    hairline fracture.
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capillary tube

  • noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
    capillary tube; capillary.
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capillary tubing

  • noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
    capillary tube; capillary.
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capillary vein

  • noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary
    venule; venula.
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capillary vessel

  • noun any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
    capillary.
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electro-capillary

E*lec`tro-cap"il*la*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. (Physics) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
Webster 1913