capillarity en · NOUN
Etymology
From French capillarité.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
Hence the allowance to be made for diminution of the height of a mercurial column, owing to capillarity, is determined by two considerations — the diameter of the tube and versed sine of the corresponding meniscus.
1856, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| capillarities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
thermocapillarity · noncapillarity · elastocapillarity · electrocapillarity
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (17)
fi kapillaarisuus (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · ms kapilariti (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · ro capilaritate (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · es absorbimiento (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · is hárpípuverkun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · az kapilyarlıq (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · fi hiushuokoisuus (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · is hárpípukraftur (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · es capilaridad (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · is hárpípuhrif (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · it capillarità (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · tl kalamuymuyan (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · id kapilaritas (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · es absorbencia (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · is sogpípukraftur (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · es alejamiento (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid) · es absorción (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)