capillarity
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əˈlær noun
Also called capillary action, capillary attraction. Physics. a manifestation of surface tension by which the portion of the surface of a liquid coming in contact with a solid is elevated or depressed, depending on the adhesive or cohesive properties of the liquid.
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| Also called: capillary action a phenomenon caused by surface tension and resulting in the distortion, elevation, or depression of the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid | |
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capillarity cap·il·lar·i·ty (kāp'ə-lār'ĭ-tē)
n.
The interaction between contacting surfaces of a liquid and a solid that distorts the liquid surface from a planar shape.
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Example sentences
Small amounts of oil in the produced water can block pores because of capillarity effects.
They are enable to do so by the permeability of the cane in one direction, and by its capillarity.
The interstices either are not filled with water or are filled with water that is no held by capillarity.
Experimental and theoretical investigations of multiphase capillarity.
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