capillary tube
Ads
Capillary Tubing Supplier www.zeusinc.com/Medical Engineered Medical-Grade Polymers. Free Samples. Get a Quote!
Capillary Tubing www.biogeneral.com/ Custom Plastic Flow Restrictors Engineered to Your Specifications
əˌlɛr adjective
1.
pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
2.
resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
3.
Physics.
a.
pertaining to capillarity.
b.
of or pertaining to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity.
4.
Anatomy. pertaining to a capillary or capillaries.
noun
5.
Anatomy. one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins.
6.
Also called capillary tube. a tube with a small bore.
00:10
capillary tube
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To capillary tube
Collins
World English Dictionary
capillary (kəˈpɪlərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resembling a hair; slender |
| 2. | (of tubes) having a fine bore |
| 3. | anatomy of or relating to any of the delicate thin-walled blood vessels that form an interconnecting network between the arterioles and the venules |
| 4. | physics of or relating to capillarity |
| —n , -laries | |
| 5. | anatomy any of the capillary blood vessels |
| 6. | a fine hole or narrow passage in any substance |
| [C17: from Latin capillāris, from capillus hair] | |
| capillary tube | |
| —n | |
| a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
capillary
1656, from L. capillaris "of hair," from capillus "hair" (of the head). Capillarity is recorded from 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
capillary cap·il·lary (kāp'ə-lěr'ē)
adj.
Of or relating to the capillaries.
Relating to or resembling a hair; fine and slender.
Blood capillary.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
capillary  (kāp'ə-lěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
Any of the tiny blood vessels that connect the smallest arteries (arterioles) to the smallest veins (venules). Capillaries form a network throughout the body for the exchange of oxygen, metabolic waste products, and carbon dioxide between blood and tissue cells. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
capillary [(kap-uh-ler-ee)]A thin tube, such as a blood vessel or a straw, through which fluids flow.
Note: The interaction between the fluid and the vessel walls produces a force that can lift the fluid up into the tube, a phenomenon known as capillary action.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
