CAPILLARITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries

Synonyms:

capillarity; capillary action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("capillarity" is a kind of...):

surface tension (a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces)

Derivation:

capillary (long and slender with a very small internal diameter)

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