Definitions for capillarity

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capillarity cap·il·lar·i·ty

Spelling: [kap-uh-lar-i-tee]

IPA: /ˌkæp əˈlær ɪ ti/

Capillarity is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 453 anagrams from letters in capillarity (aaciillprty).

Definitions for capillarity

noun

1. 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.

Origin of capillarity

First recorded in 1820-30; capillary + -ty²

Examples for capillarity

The velocity of the current of air likewise facilitates the action of capillarity by carrying the oil to the top of the wick.

In its full extension the subject of capillarity is very wide.

Its place is taken by water brought from below by capillarity.

Water will rise in clay by capillarity to a height of 50 in., in sand to 22 in.

Sufficient moisture for germination is derived from capillarity.

It makes the soil finer, thus increasing the surface for holding film water and enabling it to conduct more water by capillarity.

Her capillarity has brought the water in both tubes to the same height.

A rain drop's roundness is due to the action of capillarity.

Mr. Lake: But the capillarity of the soil provides water for the tree above the water-table.

The most important of these is the capillarity of the cell surfaces.